bloodsucking
/ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/adjective, noun
bloodsucking is spelled B-L-O-O-D-S-U-C-K-I-N-G: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bloodsucking means “That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bloodsucking?
| Letters | 12: B-L-O-O-D-S-U-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 bloodsucking?
Bloodsucking appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 bloodsucking?
- US /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/
Bloodsucking 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)-Wodencafe-bloodsucking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bloodsucking
- bloodsuckings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bloodsucking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
- 2
parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
noun
- 1
Parasitic, leechlike behavior.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bloodsucking come from?
From blood + sucking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).