words
/wɜɹdz/noun, verb
words is spelled W-O-R-D-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 178 times per million words in written English, the 565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, words means “Angry debate or conversation; argument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in words?
| Letters | 5: W-O-R-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 178 times per million words; the 565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is words?
Words appears 178 times per million words in written English, the 565th 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 words?
- UK /wɜːdz/
- US /wɜɹdz/
Words 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-words.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with words?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as words from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sword.
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).
What does words mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Angry debate or conversation; argument.
After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.
- 2
The lines in a script for a performance.
You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Sat.
- 3
Lyrics.
The composer set the words to music.
- 4
plural of word
Words have a longer life than deeds. – Pindar (translated)
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of word
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense angry debate or conversation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Streit |
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.