shortnose
adjective, noun
shortnose is spelled S-H-O-R-T-N-O-S-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shortnose means “Having a short nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shortnose?
| Letters | 9: S-H-O-R-T-N-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th 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 shortnose?
Shortnose appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 shortnose?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shortnose.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shortnose
- shortnoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shortnose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a short nose.
noun
- 1
Any individual of the organisms listed above
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shortnose come from?
From short + nose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).