scurf
/skɜː(ɹ)f/noun
scurf is spelled S-C-U-R-F: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scurf means “A skin disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scurf is scurfs.
How many letters and syllables are in scurf?
| Letters | 5: S-C-U-R-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 scurf?
Scurf appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 scurf?
- /skɜː(ɹ)f/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scurf.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scurf
- scurfs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scurf mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A skin disease.
- 2
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
- 3
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
- 4
The foul remains of anything adherent.
- 5
Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
- 6
obsoleteslangA low, mean person.
- 7
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scurf come from?
From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).