times
/taɪmz/noun, preposition, verb
times is spelled T-I-M-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 363 times per million words in written English, the 250th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Times, the name). As a noun, times means “The circumstances of a certain time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in times?
| Letters | 5: T-I-M-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 363 times per million words; the 250th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 times?
Times appears 363 times per million words in written English, the 250th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Times, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce times?
- US /taɪmz/
- Australia /tɑemz/
- /tɜːmz/
Times 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-us-times.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with times?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as times from its last stressed vowel (/aɪmz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: smite, metis.
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 times
- timeses present, singular, he/she/it
- timesing participle, present
- timesed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does times mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of time
It's been ten times more difficult than expected.
- 2
The circumstances of a certain time.
Modern times are so very different from the past.
- 3
A person's experiences or biography.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
preposition
- 1
Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time').
Four times five is/are twenty
verb
- 1
informalTo multiply.
- 2
third-person singular simple present indicative of time
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Times in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense multiplied by:
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 times come from?
Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).