jewfish
noun
jewfish is spelled J-E-W-F-I-S-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jewfish means “Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jewfish is jewfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in jewfish?
| Letters | 7: J-E-W-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 jewfish?
Jewfish appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 jewfish?
Jewfish 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).
Forms of jewfish
- jewfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jewfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)
- 2
Johnius australis (bottlenose jewfish)
- 3
Lateolabrax japonicus (Japanese seabass)
- 4
Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)
- 5
Argyrosomus regius (meagre)
- 6
Tandanus tandanus (eel-tailed catfish, freshwater jewfish, dewfish)
- 7
Glaucosoma hebraicum (West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, western jewfish)
- 8
Glaucosoma buergeri (Westralian jewfish)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jewfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of many types of fish including the Japanese seabass:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | mero |
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 jewfish come from?
For Australian fish such as Argyrosomus species, jewel and fish; see jewie. For New World species, from 17th century Jamaican English and refers to the kosher status of the Atlantic goliath grouper from at least 1697 onwards, likely as a derogatory term despite Jamaican Jews being treated better in the rule of the English than the Spanish rule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).