firewire
noun
firewire is spelled F-I-R-E-W-I-R-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, firewire means “A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of firewire is firewires.
How many letters and syllables are in firewire?
| Letters | 8: F-I-R-E-W-I-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd 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 firewire?
Firewire appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd 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 firewire
- firewires plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does firewire mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.
- 2
A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Firewire in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a high speed digital link standard, IEEE 1394-1995:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | FireWire |
| German | FireWire |
| Spanish | FireWire |
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 firewire come from?
From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high-speed digital link standard"), the term was originally a trade name–capitalized FireWire–used by Apple Inc. as it developed the standard in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).