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slowpitch

noun

slowpitch is spelled S-L-O-W-P-I-T-C-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slowpitch means “A variety of softball, in which the ball may not be pitched fast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in slowpitch?

Letters9: S-L-O-W-P-I-T-C-H
In writingabout once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 slowpitch?

Slowpitch appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).

Forms of slowpitch

  • slo-pitch
  • slow-pitch
  • slow pitch

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does slowpitch mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A variety of softball, in which the ball may not be pitched fast.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does slowpitch come from?

From slow + pitch.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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