skywave
noun
skywave is spelled S-K-Y-W-A-V-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skywave means “An electromagnetic wave refracted back to the Earth by the ionosphere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skywave is skywaves.
How many letters and syllables are in skywave?
| Letters | 7: S-K-Y-W-A-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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 skywave?
Skywave appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 skywave?
Skywave 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).
Forms of skywave
- skywaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skywave mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An electromagnetic wave refracted back to the Earth by the ionosphere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skywave come from?
From sky + wave.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).