worts
/wɝts/noun
worts is spelled W-O-R-T-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, worts means “plural of wort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in worts?
| Letters | 5: W-O-R-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 worts?
Worts appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 worts?
- UK /wɜːts/
- UK /wɔːts/
- US /wɝts/
Worts 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).
What rhymes with worts?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as worts from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹts/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: worst.
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 worts mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of wort
- 2
obsoleteA soup or stew made with worts (“vegetables”) and other ingredients such as meat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does worts come from?
From wort + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plural forms of nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).