menhaden
/mɛn.heɪ.d(ə)n/noun
menhaden is spelled M-E-N-H-A-D-E-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, menhaden means “Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of menhaden is menhadens.
How many letters and syllables are in menhaden?
| Letters | 8: M-E-N-H-A-D-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th 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 menhaden?
Menhaden appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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 menhaden?
- /mɛn.heɪ.d(ə)n/
Menhaden has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-menhaden.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of menhaden
- menhadens plural
- menhadden
- manhaden
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does menhaden mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does menhaden come from?
From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize”), influenced by poghaden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).