Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheels

/wiːlz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: wheels
IPA: /wiːlz/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of wheel

noun

An automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels.

noun

Well-developed thigh muscles.

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wheel

Example Sentences

"Like my new wheels?"
"rolling 18 wheels"
"Martin: Just for legs, Tom Platz in his heyday has never been approached. OB205: I totally agree with this, even to this day no one can beat those WHEELS!"
"But Mary J. goes all-out during big leg day, and look at her wheels—toned but very feminine."
"...try this big wheels program to pack on muscle to your quads and hams."

Usage

Slang

Frequently Paired Words

guns

Homonyms

wheals weals (wine–whine merger)

Rhymes With

feels deals reveals appeals meals heels seals ideals steals heals eels reels

Questions

How do you pronounce wheels?: The recorded pronunciation is /wiːlz/.
What does wheels mean?: plural of wheel

How to pronounce wheels

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