avocet
/ˈævəsɛt/noun
avocet is spelled A-V-O-C-E-T: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, avocet means “Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of avocet is avocets.
How many letters and syllables are in avocet?
| Letters | 6: A-V-O-C-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 avocet?
Avocet appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 avocet?
- /ˈævəsɛt/
Avocet has 3 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-avocet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with avocet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as avocet.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: octave.
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).
Forms of avocet
- avocets plural
- avoset
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does avocet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Avocet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | avocette |
| German | Säbelschnäbler |
| Spanish | avoceta |
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 avocet come from?
From French avocette, from Italian avocetta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).