milkfish
noun
milkfish is spelled M-I-L-K-F-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, milkfish means “Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of milkfish is milkfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in milkfish?
| Letters | 8: M-I-L-K-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 milkfish?
Milkfish appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 milkfish?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-milkfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of milkfish
- milkfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does milkfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Milkfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Chanos chanos:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poisson-lait |
| German | Milchfisch |
| Spanish | sabalote, pez de leche |
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 milkfish come from?
From milk + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).