grosbeak
/ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/noun
grosbeak is spelled G-R-O-S-B-E-A-K: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grosbeak means “Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grosbeak is grosbeaks.
How many letters and syllables are in grosbeak?
| Letters | 8: G-R-O-S-B-E-A-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 grosbeak?
Grosbeak appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 grosbeak?
- US /ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/
- US /ˈɡɹoʊs.biːk/
- US /ˈɡɹoʊz.bɪk/
Grosbeak 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)-Wodencafe-grosbeak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grosbeak
- grosbeaks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grosbeak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grosbeak come from?
A partial calque of French gros-bec, gros (“big”) + bec (“beak”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).