garryowen
noun
garryowen is spelled G-A-R-R-Y-O-W-E-N: 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, garryowen means “A high short punt onto or behind the defending team” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of garryowen is garryowens.
How many letters and syllables are in garryowen?
| Letters | 9: G-A-R-R-Y-O-W-E-N |
|---|---|
| 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 garryowen?
Garryowen 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 garryowen
- garryowens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does garryowen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does garryowen come from?
After the Irish Garryowen Football Club, named from Garryowen, Limerick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).