cottonseed
noun
cottonseed is spelled C-O-T-T-O-N-S-E-E-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cottonseed means “Seed of the cotton plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cottonseed is cottonseeds.
How many letters and syllables are in cottonseed?
| Letters | 10: C-O-T-T-O-N-S-E-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd 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 cottonseed?
Cottonseed appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 cottonseed?
Cottonseed 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).
Forms of cottonseed
- cottonseeds plural
- cotton-seed
- cotton seed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cottonseed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Seed of the cotton plant.
- 2
Any member of the genus Micropus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cottonseed come from?
From cotton + seed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).