knuckleballer
noun
knuckleballer is spelled K-N-U-C-K-L-E-B-A-L-L-E-R: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knuckleballer means “A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knuckleballer is knuckleballers.
How many letters and syllables are in knuckleballer?
| Letters | 13: K-N-U-C-K-L-E-B-A-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th 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 knuckleballer?
Knuckleballer appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).
Forms of knuckleballer
- knuckleballers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knuckleballer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does knuckleballer come from?
From knuckleball + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).