snakeweed
noun
snakeweed is spelled S-N-A-K-E-W-E-E-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snakeweed means “Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snakeweed is snakeweeds.
How many letters and syllables are in snakeweed?
| Letters | 9: S-N-A-K-E-W-E-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd 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 snakeweed?
Snakeweed appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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 snakeweed
- snakeweeds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snakeweed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite.
- 2
Any member of the genus Gutierrezia of poisonous American plants; matchweed.
- 3
Bistorta officinalis (common bistort).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does snakeweed come from?
From snake + weed: in some cases (e.g. bistort) because of the twisted roots.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).