snakehead
noun
snakehead is spelled S-N-A-K-E-H-E-A-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snakehead means “A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snakehead is snakeheads.
How many letters and syllables are in snakehead?
| Letters | 9: S-N-A-K-E-H-E-A-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th 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 snakehead?
Snakehead appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 snakehead?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-snakehead.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of snakehead
- snakeheads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snakehead mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
- 2
slangA Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people.
- 3
USderogatoryslangA black person.
- 4
A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
- 5
USA loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads.
- 6
rareAlternative form of snake's head, various not closely related species of flowering plant, including Fritillaria meleagris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snakehead in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ophicéphale , passeur |
| German | Schlangenkopffisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does snakehead come from?
From snake + head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).