anglerfish
ang·ler·fish/ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/noun
anglerfish is spelled A-N-G-L-E-R-F-I-S-H: 10 letters and 3 syllables (ang·ler·fish). It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anglerfish means “Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anglerfish is anglerfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in anglerfish?
| Letters | 10: A-N-G-L-E-R-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ang·ler·fish |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is anglerfish?
Anglerfish appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 anglerfish?
- US /ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/
- UK /ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ/
Anglerfish has 3 syllables, split ang·ler·fish in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anglerfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anglerfish
- anglerfishes plural
- angler fish
- angler-fish
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anglerfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anglerfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | baudroie |
| German | Seeteufel, Anglerfisch |
| Portuguese | tamboril, peixe-diabo, peixe-sapo, peixe-pescador |
| Spanish | pejesapo, rape, pescador con caña |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anglerfish come from?
From angler + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).