tales
/ˈteɪliːz/noun
tales is spelled T-A-L-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tales means “A person available to fill vacancies in a jury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tales is talesim or taleysim.
How many letters and syllables are in tales?
| Letters | 5: T-A-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th 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 tales?
Tales appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 tales?
- /ˈteɪliːz/
As a noun: /teɪlz/.
Tales 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)-Vealhurl-tales_(law).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tales_(tale).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tales?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tales.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: least, steal, slate, tesla, stale, lates, stela.
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 tales
- talesim plural
- taleysim plural
- talaisim plural
- taleisim plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tales mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
- 2
A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
- 3
A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
- 4
plural of tale
- 5
Alternative form of tallit (“Jewish prayer shawl”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tales come from?
From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).