sailboat
/ˈseɪlˌboʊt/noun, verb
sailboat is spelled S-A-I-L-B-O-A-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sailboat means “A boat propelled by a sail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sailboat is sailboats.
How many letters and syllables are in sailboat?
| Letters | 8: S-A-I-L-B-O-A-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th 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 sailboat?
Sailboat appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 sailboat?
- UK /ˈseɪlˌbəʊt/
- US /ˈseɪlˌboʊt/
Sailboat 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-au-sailboat.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sailboat
- sailboats plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sail-boat
- sailing boat
- sailboating participle, present
- sailboated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sailboat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A boat propelled by a sail.
- 2
slangA playing card with the rank of four.
verb
- 1
To travel by sailboat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sailboat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a boat propelled by a sail:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cotre, voilier |
| German | Kutter, Segelboot |
| Portuguese | veleiro |
| Spanish | embarcación a vela, velero |
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 sailboat come from?
From sail + boat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).