conifer
/ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/noun
conifer is spelled C-O-N-I-F-E-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conifer means “A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conifer is conifers.
How many letters and syllables are in conifer?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-I-F-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 conifer?
Conifer appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 conifer?
- /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/
Conifer has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-conifer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of conifer
- conifers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conifer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conifer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant:
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 conifer come from?
From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), by surface analysis, Latin cōnus (“cone”) + -fer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).