sapwood
/ˈsapwʊd/noun
sapwood is spelled S-A-P-W-O-O-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sapwood means “The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sapwood is sapwoods.
How many letters and syllables are in sapwood?
| Letters | 7: S-A-P-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 sapwood?
Sapwood appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 sapwood?
- UK /ˈsapwʊd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-sapwood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sapwood
- sapwoods plural
- sap-wood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sapwood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).
A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sapwood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense wood just under the bark:
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 sapwood come from?
From sap + wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).