sweets
noun, verb
sweets is spelled S-W-E-E-T-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sweets means “Confectionery, candy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sweets?
| Letters | 6: S-W-E-E-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sweets?
Sweets appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 sweets?
- US
Sweets 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sweets.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does sweets mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Confectionery, candy.
- 2
slangDrugs, amphetamine.
- 3
Sweet-scented flowers.
- 4
A term of endearment; sweetheart.
I miss you, sweets.
- 5
plural of sweet
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sweets in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense confectionery, candy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | confection, bonbons |
| German | Süßigkeiten, Bonbons, Schleckzeug |
| Portuguese | doces |
| Spanish | caramelos, chucherías, dulces |
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.