meatball
noun
meatball is spelled M-E-A-T-B-A-L-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, meatball means “A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of meatball is meatballs.
How many letters and syllables are in meatball?
| Letters | 8: M-E-A-T-B-A-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is meatball?
Meatball appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 meatball?
- Australia
Meatball has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-meatball.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of meatball
- meatballs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does meatball mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.
Meatballs were on the menu for lunch.
- 2
slangA stupid person; a meathead.
- 3
An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
- 4
An optical landing system.
- 5
A menu icon of three horizontal dots.
- 6
Ellipsis of meatball flag.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Meatball in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ball of minced or ground meat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boulette |
| German | Fleischklößchen, Fleischbällchen, Frikadelle, Fleischpflanzl, Klops |
| Portuguese | almôndega |
| Spanish | albóndiga, almóndiga, albondiguilla |
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 meatball come from?
From meat + ball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).