boxfish
noun
boxfish is spelled B-O-X-F-I-S-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boxfish means “Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boxfish is boxfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in boxfish?
| Letters | 7: B-O-X-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 boxfish?
Boxfish appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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).
Forms of boxfish
- boxfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boxfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
- 2
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boxfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish of the family Ostraciidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poisson-coffre |
| German | Kofferfisch |
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 boxfish come from?
From box + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).