trousers
trou·sers/ˈtɹaʊzɚz/noun
trousers is spelled T-R-O-U-S-E-R-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables (trou·sers). It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trousers means “An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in trousers?
| Letters | 8: T-R-O-U-S-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: trou·sers |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 trousers?
Trousers appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 trousers?
- UK /ˈtɹaʊzəz/
- US /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/
Trousers has 2 syllables, split trou·sers in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-trousers.ogg, En-us-trousers.ogg, En-au-trousers.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trousers?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trousers from its last stressed vowel (/aʊzəɹz/):
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 trousers
- trouser
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trousers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
The trousers need to be shortened.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trousers come from?
Attested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from Middle Irish triubus (“close-fitting shorts”), from Old Irish tribus, of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers. Doublet of trews (“trousers”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).