billfish
bill·fish/ˈbɪlˌfɪʃ/noun
billfish is spelled B-I-L-L-F-I-S-H: 8 letters and 2 syllables (bill·fish). It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, billfish means “Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of billfish is billfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in billfish?
| Letters | 8: B-I-L-L-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bill·fish |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 billfish?
Billfish appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 billfish?
- /ˈbɪlˌfɪʃ/
Billfish has 2 syllables, split bill·fish in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of billfish
- billfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does billfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
- 2
gars (Lepisosteidae spp.)
- 3
sauries (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- 4
silver gar (Strongylura maritima, in family Belonidae)
- 5
northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus, in family Syngnathidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does billfish come from?
From bill + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).