sablefish
noun
sablefish is spelled S-A-B-L-E-F-I-S-H: 9 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, sablefish means “A dark-coloured marine fish of species Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sablefish is sablefishes.
How many letters and syllables are in sablefish?
| Letters | 9: S-A-B-L-E-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| 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 sablefish?
Sablefish 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 sablefish
- sablefishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sablefish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dark-coloured marine fish of species Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sablefish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Anoplopoma fimbria:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | charbonnier, morue charbonnier |
| German | Kohlenfisch |
| Portuguese | peixe-carvão-do-pacífico |
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.
Where does sablefish come from?
From sable + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).