world-wide
adjective, adverb
world-wide is spelled W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E: 9 letters and one syllable. People search “world-wide vs worldwide” about 590 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, world-wide means “Alternative form of worldwide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in world-wide?
| Letters | 9: W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| 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 do you pronounce world-wide?
- US
World-wide has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-world-wide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with world-wide
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: worldwide (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of world-wide
- more world-wide comparative
- most world-wide superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does world-wide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of worldwide.
adverb
- 1
Alternative form of worldwide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).