bluejacket
noun
bluejacket is spelled B-L-U-E-J-A-C-K-E-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bluejacket means “A seaman of a British warship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bluejacket is bluejackets.
How many letters and syllables are in bluejacket?
| Letters | 10: B-L-U-E-J-A-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 bluejacket?
Bluejacket appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 bluejacket?
- US
Bluejacket 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)-Flame,_not_lame-bluejacket.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bluejacket
- bluejackets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bluejacket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A seaman of a British warship
- 2
An enlisted man in the US Navy.
- 3
A uniformed policeman.
- 4
An Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bluejacket come from?
From blue + jacket.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).