width
/ˈwɪtθ/noun
width is spelled W-I-D-T-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, width means “The state of being wide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of width is widths.
How many letters and syllables are in width?
| Letters | 5: W-I-D-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th 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 width?
Width appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 width?
- /ˈwɪtθ/
- /ˈwɪdθ/
- /ˈwɪθ/
Width 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-width.ogg, En-au-width.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of width
- widths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does width mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being wide.
- 2
The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
- 3
A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
- 4
The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
- 5
The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
Manchester United like to play with width.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate width?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of width: wdth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Width in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grandeur , largeur |
| Portuguese | largura |
| Spanish | anchura, ancheza , anchor |
| German | Breite, Weite |
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 width come from?
From wide + -th (abstract nominal suffix), possibly by analogy with Old Norse vídd (“width”), though this is unlikely, as the word is not attested before the end of the 16th century and was historically unknown in Scots and the traditional dialect of Northern England, where one would expect Old Norse influence to be the strongest (these varieties traditionally employed wideness instead). Replaced Middle English wide, wyde (“width”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).