sandworm
noun
sandworm is spelled S-A-N-D-W-O-R-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sandworm means “A lugworm, of species Arenicola marina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sandworm is sandworms.
How many letters and syllables are in sandworm?
| Letters | 8: S-A-N-D-W-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sandworm?
Sandworm appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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).
What rhymes with sandworm?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sandworm.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: swordman.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sandworm
- sandworms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sandworm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA lugworm, of species Arenicola marina.
- 2
USA clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
- 3
Hookworm larvae, especially of Ancylostoma braziliense, which cause cutaneous larva migrans.
- 4
A chigoe, a flea of species Tunga penetrans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sandworm come from?
From sand + worm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).