skyglow
sky·glow/ˈskaɪˌɡloʊ/noun
skyglow is spelled S-K-Y-G-L-O-W: 7 letters and 2 syllables (sky·glow). It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skyglow means “The illumination of the sky above populated areas, mostly by street lighting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skyglow is skyglows.
How many letters and syllables are in skyglow?
| Letters | 7: S-K-Y-G-L-O-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sky·glow |
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd 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 skyglow?
Skyglow appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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 skyglow?
- /ˈskaɪˌɡloʊ/
Skyglow has 2 syllables, split sky·glow in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of skyglow
- skyglows plural
- sky glow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skyglow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The illumination of the sky above populated areas, mostly by street lighting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skyglow come from?
From sky + glow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).