goosefoot
/ˈɡuːsfʊt/noun
goosefoot is spelled G-O-O-S-E-F-O-O-T: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, goosefoot means “Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of goosefoot is goosefoots.
How many letters and syllables are in goosefoot?
| Letters | 9: G-O-O-S-E-F-O-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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 goosefoot?
Goosefoot appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 goosefoot?
- /ˈɡuːsfʊt/
Goosefoot 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-goosefoot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of goosefoot
- goosefoots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goosefoot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach.
- 2
Any member of the species Syngonium podophyllum of plants cultivated as houseplants, native from Bolivia to Mexico, naturalized elsewhere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Goosefoot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae:
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 goosefoot come from?
Calque of Translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).