octoroon
noun
octoroon is spelled O-C-T-O-R-O-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, octoroon means “Someone having one-eighth black ancestry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of octoroon is octoroons.
How many letters and syllables are in octoroon?
| Letters | 8: O-C-T-O-R-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th 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 octoroon?
Octoroon appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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).
Forms of octoroon
- octoroons plural
- octaroon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does octoroon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedSomeone having one-eighth black ancestry.
- 2
datedSomeone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does octoroon come from?
Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).