worldwide
world·wide/ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/adjective, adverb
worldwide is spelled W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E, 2 syllables: world·wide. The wrong spelling people search most is worlwide: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 67 of all searches for the word. Worldwide is an adjective meaning “Spanning the world; global”.
How many letters and syllables are in worldwide?
| Letters | 9: W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: world·wide |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,785th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, worlwide, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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 spell worldwide?
Worldwide is spelled W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 54 of the searches for worldwide in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is worldwide?
Worldwide appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th 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 worldwide?
- UK /ˈwɜːldˌwaɪd/
- UK /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/
- US /ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/
Worldwide has 2 syllables, split world·wide in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-worldwide.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with worldwide
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: world-wide (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of worldwide
- more worldwide comparative
- most worldwide superlative
- world-wide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does worldwide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Spanning the world; global.
A large meteorite impact would cause worldwide extinction of life.
adverb
- 1
Throughout the world.
The character of James Bond is known worldwide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate worldwide?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of worldwide: WW.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Worldwide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mondial, planétaire , dans le monde entier, mondialement |
| German | weltweit |
| Portuguese | mundial , mundialmente |
| Spanish | mundial , mundialmente |
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 worldwide come from?
From world + -wide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).