ladyfish
noun
ladyfish is spelled L-A-D-Y-F-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ladyfish means “A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ladyfish is ladyfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in ladyfish?
| Letters | 8: L-A-D-Y-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th 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 ladyfish?
Ladyfish appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 ladyfish
- ladyfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ladyfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
- 2
Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
- 3
Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ladyfish come from?
From lady + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).