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candlebox

noun

candlebox is spelled C-A-N-D-L-E-B-O-X: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, candlebox means “A box for holding candles, especially one from a candle supplier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of candlebox is candleboxes.

How many letters and syllables are in candlebox?

Letters9: C-A-N-D-L-E-B-O-X
In writingabout once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 candlebox?

Candlebox appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 candlebox

  • candleboxes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does candlebox mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A box for holding candles, especially one from a candle supplier.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does candlebox come from?

From candle + box.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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