skybox
noun
skybox is spelled S-K-Y-B-O-X: 6 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, skybox means “A seating area for VIPs in a stadium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skybox is skyboxes.
How many letters and syllables are in skybox?
| Letters | 6: S-K-Y-B-O-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American 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 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 skybox?
Skybox 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 skybox?
- US
Skybox has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-skybox.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skybox
- skyboxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skybox mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A seating area for VIPs in a stadium.
- 2
A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skybox come from?
From sky + box.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).