1850s

1. 1.

   the decade from 1850 to 1859

   Broaderdecade

Questions about 1850s

What does 1850s mean?

1850s means "the decade from 1850 to 1859".

How many syllables are in 1850s?

1850s has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is 1850s a common word?

1850s is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.