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birdwatch

verb, noun

birdwatch is spelled B-I-R-D-W-A-T-C-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, birdwatch means “To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in birdwatch?

Letters9: B-I-R-D-W-A-T-C-H
In writingabout once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 birdwatch?

Birdwatch appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).

Forms of birdwatch

  • birdwatches present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • birdwatching participle, present
  • birdwatched participle, past
  • bird-watch

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does birdwatch mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.

noun

  1. 1

    A session of observing and identifying birds.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does birdwatch come from?

Back-formation from birdwatching.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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