women's
/ˈwɪmɪnz/noun
women's is spelled W-O-M-E-N-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, women's means “possessive case of women: belonging to some or all female humans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in women's?
| Letters | 6: W-O-M-E-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 50 times per million words; the 2,041st 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 women's?
Women's appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st 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's?
- /ˈwɪmɪnz/
Women's 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-women's.wav, En-us-women's.ogg, En-us-women's.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does women's mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
possessive case of women: belonging to some or all female humans.
- 2
Ellipsis of women’s room (“a lavatory intended for use by women”).
- 3
Ellipsis of women's department (“an area selling clothing for adult females in a department store”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).