seagrass
/ˈsiˌɡɹæs/noun
seagrass is spelled S-E-A-G-R-A-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seagrass means “Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seagrass is seagrasses.
How many letters and syllables are in seagrass?
| Letters | 8: S-E-A-G-R-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th 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 seagrass?
Seagrass appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 seagrass?
- US /ˈsiˌɡɹæs/
Seagrass has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-seagrass.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of seagrass
- seagrasses plural
- sea-grass
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seagrass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seagrass in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grasslike marine plants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | herbier marin, posidonie |
| German | Seegras |
| Portuguese | erva marinha |
| Spanish | pradera marina |
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 seagrass come from?
From sea + grass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).