liveaboard
adjective, noun
liveaboard is spelled L-I-V-E-A-B-O-A-R-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, liveaboard means “Of a boat: designed or modified to allow people to live on board” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in liveaboard?
| Letters | 10: L-I-V-E-A-B-O-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| 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 liveaboard?
Liveaboard 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).
Forms of liveaboard
- liveaboards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liveaboard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of a boat: designed or modified to allow people to live on board.
- 2
Of a person: living on board a boat.
noun
- 1
A person who lives on a boat.
- 2
A boat designed or modified to allow people to live on board, compared to similar boats which do not have this feature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does liveaboard come from?
From live + aboard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).