suds
/sʌdz/noun, verb
suds is spelled S-U-D-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, suds means “Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in suds?
| Letters | 4: S-U-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is suds?
Suds appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce suds?
- /sʌdz/
Suds has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-suds.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with suds?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as suds.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: duss.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of suds
- sud singular
- sudses present, singular, he/she/it
- sudsing participle, present
- sudsed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suds mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
- 2
slangBeer.
We went out for some pizza and suds.
verb
- 1
To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.
We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.
noun
- 1
Initialism of sudden unexpected death syndrome.
- 2
Initialism of sudden unexplained death syndrome.
noun
- 1
plural of SUD
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Suds in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lather, foam:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mousse de savon, eau savonneuse |
| German | Seifenlauge, Schaum |
| Portuguese | espuma |
| Spanish | jabonaduras |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does suds come from?
From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).