oceangoing
adjective
oceangoing is spelled O-C-E-A-N-G-O-I-N-G: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, oceangoing means “Travelling out to sea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in oceangoing?
| Letters | 10: O-C-E-A-N-G-O-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st 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 oceangoing?
Oceangoing appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 oceangoing?
Oceangoing has 4 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 oceangoing
- ocean-going
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oceangoing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Travelling out to sea.
an oceangoing seal
- 2
Designed and equipped for use on ocean voyages.
- 3
informalUtter; total.
[…] an ocean-going shit for much of his life, which helped feed the legend considerably.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oceangoing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense capable of sailing on the ocean:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | seetüchtig |
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.