killstreak
/ˈkɪlˌstɹik/noun
killstreak is spelled K-I-L-L-S-T-R-E-A-K: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, killstreak means “An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of killstreak is killstreaks.
How many letters and syllables are in killstreak?
| Letters | 10: K-I-L-L-S-T-R-E-A-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 killstreak?
Killstreak appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 killstreak?
- US /ˈkɪlˌstɹik/
Killstreak has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-killstreak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of killstreak
- killstreaks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does killstreak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills.
- 2
An award or an advantage that a player obtains by achieving an unbroken streak of kills (as sense 1) of a given length.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does killstreak come from?
From kill + streak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).