z
/ziː/letter
z is spelled Z: one letter and one syllable. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a letter, z means “The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed, zee or izzard and written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in z?
| Letters | 1: Z |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 z?
Z appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st 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 z?
- UK /zɛd/
- US /ziː/
- /(j)iˈzɛd/
Z 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-uk-z.ogg, En-us-z.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Z.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with z?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as z from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
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 z mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
letter
- 1
The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed, zee or izzard and written in the Latin script.
letter
- 1
The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
A member of Generation Z.
- 2
slangZ-drug.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).