fishbone
noun
fishbone is spelled F-I-S-H-B-O-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fishbone means “A bone from a fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fishbone is fishbones.
How many letters and syllables are in fishbone?
| Letters | 8: F-I-S-H-B-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fishbone?
Fishbone appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 fishbone?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q7979-Pink_Bee-fishbone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fishbone?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as fishbone.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bonefish.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fishbone
- fishbones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fishbone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bone from a fish.
He choked on a fishbone.
- 2
Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.
a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fishbone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bone of a fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arête, arête de poisson |
| German | Gräte, Fischgräte |
| Portuguese | espinha, espinha de peixe |
| Spanish | espina, espina del pescado |
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 fishbone come from?
From fish + bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).