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harborage

noun

harborage is spelled H-A-R-B-O-R-A-G-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, harborage means “A place for refuge for a vessel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of harborage is harborages.

How many letters and syllables are in harborage?

Letters9: H-A-R-B-O-R-A-G-E
In writingabout once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 harborage?

Harborage appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th 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 harborage

  • harborages plural
  • harbourage

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does harborage mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    USA place for refuge for a vessel.

  2. 2

    USA condition on land favorable to infestation by animals considered pests.

    Even with little notice of the meeting at which Waste Management's application was approved, Appellants' attorney appeared and presented documents describing problems with the proposed plan, including concerns relating to traffic, pollution

  3. 3

    A place of shelter or entertainment.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does harborage come from?

From harbor + -age.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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