nonfood
adjective, noun
nonfood is spelled N-O-N-F-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nonfood means “Not intended for consumption as a food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nonfood?
| Letters | 7: N-O-N-F-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| 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 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 nonfood?
Nonfood 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 nonfood?
Nonfood 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).
Forms of nonfood
- non-food
- nonfoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nonfood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not intended for consumption as a food.
The use of synthetic fuels from nonfood crops can reduce the carbon footprint.
noun
- 1
A crop or product that is not intended for consumption as a food.
Many supermarkets do not consider nonfoods a core segment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nonfood come from?
From non- + food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).