bokken
/ˈbɒk.ən/noun
bokken is spelled B-O-K-K-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bokken means “A wooden katana, used as a training sword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bokken is bokkens.
How many letters and syllables are in bokken?
| Letters | 6: B-O-K-K-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 bokken?
Bokken appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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 bokken?
- UK /ˈbɒk.ən/
Bokken has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with bokken?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bokken from its last stressed vowel (/ɒkən/, British pronunciation):
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 bokken
- bokkens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bokken mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wooden katana, used as a training sword.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bokken come from?
From Japanese 木剣 (ぼっけん, bokken, “wooden sword”), see below.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).