blowfish
/ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/noun
blowfish is spelled B-L-O-W-F-I-S-H: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blowfish means “Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blowfish is blowfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in blowfish?
| Letters | 8: B-L-O-W-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 blowfish?
Blowfish appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 blowfish?
- US /ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/
- UK /ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ/
Blowfish 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Blowfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with blowfish
Also written: blow fish (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with blowfish?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blowfish from its last stressed vowel (/oʊfɪʃ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fishbowl.
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 blowfish
- blowfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blowfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
- 2
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blowfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poisson ballon, poisson globe |
| German | Kugelfisch |
| Portuguese | baiacu, peixe-balão, fugu |
| Spanish | pez globo, orbe |
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 blowfish come from?
From blow + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).