oscar
/ˈɑs.kɚ/noun
oscar is spelled O-S-C-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oscar means “A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oscar is oscars.
How many letters and syllables are in oscar?
| Letters | 5: O-S-C-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,224th 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 oscar?
Oscar appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th 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 oscar?
- US /ˈɑs.kɚ/
- UK /ˈɒs.kə/
Oscar 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). Recordings: En-ca-Oscar.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of oscar
- oscars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oscar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
- 1
informalAn Academy Award.
- 2
A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- 3
Australiaslangcash; money.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oscar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Astronotus ocellatus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | oscar |
| German | Pfauenaugenbuntbarsch |
| Spanish | óscar, copaneca, carahuasú, acarahuazú |
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.