nowcast
noun, verb
nowcast is spelled N-O-W-C-A-S-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nowcast means “A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nowcast is nowcasts.
How many letters and syllables are in nowcast?
| Letters | 7: N-O-W-C-A-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nowcast?
Nowcast appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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).
What rhymes with nowcast?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nowcast.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: snowcat.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nowcast
- nowcasts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- nowcasting participle, present
- nowcasted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nowcast mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
- 2
An estimate made by nowcasting.
verb
- 1
To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).
- 2
To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nowcast come from?
Blend of now + forecast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).