conehead
noun
conehead is spelled C-O-N-E-H-E-A-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conehead means “Alternative form of Conehead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conehead is coneheads.
How many letters and syllables are in conehead?
| Letters | 8: C-O-N-E-H-E-A-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is conehead?
Conehead appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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 conehead?
- Australia
Conehead 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). Recordings: En-au-Conehead.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of conehead
- coneheads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conehead mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Conehead.
- 2
A foam rubber rounded cone hat to be worn atop the head as a costume to appear to have a conical bald skull.
- 3
An insect of the katydid subfamily Conocephalinae.
- 4
Any member of the order Protura of insect-like arthropods.
- 5
informalA person who has undergone cranial modification in order to produce an elongated skull.
- 6
AustraliaslangA person addicted to smoking marijuana with a bong.
- 7
slangA pinhead, a stupid person.
noun
- 1
One of a fictional race of humanoid aliens with conical skulls.
- 2
slangA fan of baseball pitcher David Cone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conehead in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schwertschrecke , Beintastler |
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.