hornworm
noun
hornworm is spelled H-O-R-N-W-O-R-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hornworm means “A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hornworm is hornworms.
How many letters and syllables are in hornworm?
| Letters | 8: H-O-R-N-W-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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 hornworm?
Hornworm appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 hornworm?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hornworm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hornworm
- hornworms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hornworm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
- 2
Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hornworm come from?
From horn + worm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).