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redbreast

noun

redbreast is spelled R-E-D-B-R-E-A-S-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, redbreast means “A European robin, Erithacus rubecula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of redbreast is redbreasts.

How many letters and syllables are in redbreast?

Letters9: R-E-D-B-R-E-A-S-T
In writingabout once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 redbreast?

Redbreast 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).

Forms of redbreast

  • redbreasts plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does redbreast mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.

  2. 2

    An American robin, Turdus migratorius.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does redbreast come from?

From Middle English redbreste, equivalent to red + breast.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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