blowfish
/ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/
"blowfish" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blowfish” is an uncommon English word, ranked #67,268 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,268
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blowfish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blowfish” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blowfish is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,268 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for blowfish in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blow + fish. The correct English form is blowfish, spelled B-L-O-W-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Any 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.
- 2A 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.
Etymology
From blow + fish.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “blowfish”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-W-F-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.