godwit
/ˈɡɑd.wɪt/noun
godwit is spelled G-O-D-W-I-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, godwit means “Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of godwit is godwits.
How many letters and syllables are in godwit?
| Letters | 6: G-O-D-W-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th 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 godwit?
Godwit appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 godwit?
- US /ˈɡɑd.wɪt/
- UK /ˈɡɒd.wɪt/
Godwit has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-godwit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of godwit
- godwits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does godwit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Godwit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Long-billed wading bird:
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 godwit come from?
Origin unknown. A surface analysis would suggest Old English *gōdwiht as the term's ultimate origin, corresponding to good + wight (“creature”), but the term is attested only since late Middle English. The Oxford English Dictionary considers the term to probably have originally been imitative of the bird's call.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).