scattergood
obsolete
scattergood is spelled S-C-A-T-T-E-R-G-O-O-D: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scattergood means “Someone who wastes; a spendthrift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scattergood is scattergoods.
How many letters and syllables are in scattergood?
| Letters | 11: S-C-A-T-T-E-R-G-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th 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 scattergood?
Scattergood appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 scattergood?
Scattergood has 3 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).
What does scattergood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteSomeone who wastes; a spendthrift.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scattergood come from?
From scatter + good.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).