mudfish
/ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ/noun
mudfish is spelled M-U-D-F-I-S-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mudfish means “All species of Neochanna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mudfish is mudfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in mudfish?
| Letters | 7: M-U-D-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th 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 mudfish?
Mudfish appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 mudfish?
- /ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mudfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mudfish
- mudfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mudfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
All species of Neochanna
- 2
Clarias spp., including Clarias anguillaris, Clarias gariepinus, Clarias agboyiensis, Clarias leviceps
- 3
Channa striata (striped snakehead)
- 4
Heterobranchus didorsalis (African catfish)
- 5
Clarotes laticeps (widehead catfish)
- 6
Protopterus annectens (West African lungfish)
- 7
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (bagrid catfish)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mudfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Neochanna species:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | alcaraz |
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 mudfish come from?
From mud + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).