bottlenose
/ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/noun
bottlenose is spelled B-O-T-T-L-E-N-O-S-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bottlenose means “bottlenose dolphin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bottlenose is bottlenoses.
How many letters and syllables are in bottlenose?
| Letters | 10: B-O-T-T-L-E-N-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bottlenose?
Bottlenose appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 bottlenose?
- /ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bottlenose.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bottlenose
Also written: bottle-nose (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of bottlenose
- bottlenoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bottlenose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
bottlenose dolphin.
- 2
bottlenose whale.
- 3
bottlenose skate.
- 4
The beak or rostrum of a dolphin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bottlenose come from?
From bottle + nose. The creatures have a bottle-shaped nose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).