anemonefish

noun

"anemonefish" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“anemonefish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.

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Index EN-anemonefish · anemonefish · English

anemonefish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for anemonefish
PropertyValue
Headwordanemonefish
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “anemonefish” in English

anemonefishranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anemonefish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.".

No misspelling variants are generated for anemonefish in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anemone + fish, due to the species' symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. The correct English form is anemonefish, spelled A-N-E-M-O-N-E-F-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.

Etymology

From anemone + fish, due to the species' symbiotic relationship with sea anemones.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anemonefish"?
"anemonefish" is spelled A-N-E-M-O-N-E-F-I-S-H.
What does "anemonefish" mean?
As a noun, "anemonefish" means: Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.
What is the origin of the word "anemonefish"?
From anemone + fish, due to the species' symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list