hushpuppy
noun
hushpuppy is spelled H-U-S-H-P-U-P-P-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hushpuppy means “A small deep-fried cornmeal cake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hushpuppy is hushpuppies.
How many letters and syllables are in hushpuppy?
| Letters | 9: H-U-S-H-P-U-P-P-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd 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 hushpuppy?
Hushpuppy appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 hushpuppy?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-hushpuppy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hushpuppy
- hushpuppies plural
- hush puppy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hushpuppy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small deep-fried cornmeal cake.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hushpuppy come from?
Perhaps because they were once thrown to hungry dogs to quieten them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).