saltfish
noun
saltfish is spelled S-A-L-T-F-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saltfish means “salt cod: dried and salted cod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saltfish is saltfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in saltfish?
| Letters | 8: S-A-L-T-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 saltfish?
Saltfish appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 saltfish
- saltfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saltfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
salt cod: dried and salted cod.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does saltfish come from?
From salt + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).