foodstuff
[ˈfʉwdˌstəf]noun
foodstuff is spelled F-O-O-D-S-T-U-F-F: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, foodstuff means “A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of foodstuff is foodstuffs.
How many letters and syllables are in foodstuff?
| Letters | 9: F-O-O-D-S-T-U-F-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th 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 foodstuff?
Foodstuff appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 foodstuff?
- /ˈfuːdˌstʌf/
- US [ˈfʉwdˌstəf]
Foodstuff has 2 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: En-us-foodstuff.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of foodstuff
- foodstuffs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does foodstuff mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Foodstuff in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense material that may be used as food:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aliment |
| German | Nahrungsmittel |
| Portuguese | alimento |
| Spanish | nutriente, alimento |
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 foodstuff come from?
Compound of food + stuff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).