wifi
noun, verb
wifi is spelled W-I-F-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “wi-fi vs wifi” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, wifi means “Alternative form of Wi-Fi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wifi is wifis.
How many letters and syllables are in wifi?
| Letters | 4: W-I-F-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is wifi?
Wifi appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 wifi?
- US
Wifi has 2 syllables (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-wifi.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with wifi
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: wi-fi (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of wifi
- wifis plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wifi-ing participle, present
- wified participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wifi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Wi-Fi.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of Wi-Fi.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of Wi-Fi.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of Wi-Fi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).