brushfire
noun
brushfire is spelled B-R-U-S-H-F-I-R-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brushfire means “A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brushfire is brushfires.
How many letters and syllables are in brushfire?
| Letters | 9: B-R-U-S-H-F-I-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is brushfire?
Brushfire appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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 brushfire?
Brushfire has 2 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).
What rhymes with brushfire?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as brushfire.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: refurbish.
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 brushfire
- brushfires plural
- brush fire
- brush-fire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brushfire mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests.
- 2
A war that arises suddenly and is limited in scope or area.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does brushfire come from?
From brush + fire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).