women
wom·en/ˈwɪmɪn/noun
women is spelled W-O-M-E-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (wom·en). It appears 372 times per million words in written English, the 242nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “woman vs women” about 18,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, women means “plural of woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in women?
| Letters | 5: W-O-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wom·en |
| In writing | 372 times per million words; the 242nd 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; 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 women?
Women appears 372 times per million words in written English, the 242nd 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 women?
- UK /ˈwɪmɪn/
- British /ˈwɪmɪn/
- British /ˈwɵmɪn/
Women has 2 syllables, split wom·en in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-women.ogg, En-ca-women.opus, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with women
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does women mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of woman
Three women went for a walk.
noun
- 1
Clipping of women's team, used in club names, as in [Club Name] Women.
Arsenal Women and Chelsea Women are the biggest women's football teams in England.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate women?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of women: W, WIC.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Women in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense women's team:
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 women come from?
From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).