cookstove
noun
cookstove is spelled C-O-O-K-S-T-O-V-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cookstove means “A stove used for cooking, especially a primitive kind heated by burning wood, charcoal, dung, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cookstove is cookstoves.
How many letters and syllables are in cookstove?
| Letters | 9: C-O-O-K-S-T-O-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 cookstove?
Cookstove appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 cookstove
- cookstoves plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cookstove mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stove used for cooking, especially a primitive kind heated by burning wood, charcoal, dung, etc.
Meronyms: stovetop, stovepipe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cookstove in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a stove used for cooking:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Sparherd |
| Spanish | cocina económica |
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 cookstove come from?
From cook + stove.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).