birthmark
/ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/noun
birthmark is spelled B-I-R-T-H-M-A-R-K: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, birthmark means “A mark on the skin formed before birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of birthmark is birthmarks.
How many letters and syllables are in birthmark?
| Letters | 9: B-I-R-T-H-M-A-R-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is birthmark?
Birthmark appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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 birthmark?
- US /ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/
Birthmark has 2 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: En-us-birthmark.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of birthmark
- birthmarks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does birthmark mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
facial birthmark
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Birthmark in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a mark on the skin formed before birth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tache de naissance, tache de vin |
| German | Muttermal, Mal |
| Portuguese | marca de nascença |
| Spanish | mancha de nacimiento, lunar |
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 birthmark come from?
From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).