knifefish
/naɪfɪʃ/noun
knifefish is spelled K-N-I-F-E-F-I-S-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knifefish means “Any of numerous fish with knife-shaped bodies, from several different families” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knifefish is knifefishes.
How many letters and syllables are in knifefish?
| Letters | 9: K-N-I-F-E-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th 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 knifefish?
Knifefish appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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 knifefish?
- /naɪfɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-knifefish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of knifefish
- knifefishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knifefish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of numerous fish with knife-shaped bodies, from several different families.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Knifefish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense knife-shaped fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Messerfisch |
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 knifefish come from?
From knife + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).