kiwifruit
noun
kiwifruit is spelled K-I-W-I-F-R-U-I-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kiwifruit means “A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the gold kiwifruit, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kiwifruit is kiwifruits.
How many letters and syllables are in kiwifruit?
| Letters | 9: K-I-W-I-F-R-U-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 kiwifruit?
Kiwifruit appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 kiwifruit?
- 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-kiwifruit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kiwifruit
- kiwifruits plural
- kiwi fruit
- kiwi-fruit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kiwifruit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the gold kiwifruit, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kiwifruit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fruit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | kiwi |
| German | Kiwi, chinesische Stachelbeere |
| Portuguese | quivi, quiuí, kiwi |
| Spanish | kiwi, kivi |
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 kiwifruit come from?
From Kiwi /kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”) + fruit; a trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).