snowcap
/ˈsnoʊˌkæp/noun
snowcap is spelled S-N-O-W-C-A-P: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snowcap means “A layer of snow covering a mountain top” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snowcap is snowcaps.
How many letters and syllables are in snowcap?
| Letters | 7: S-N-O-W-C-A-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th 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 snowcap?
Snowcap appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 snowcap?
- US /ˈsnoʊˌkæp/
Snowcap has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of snowcap
- snowcaps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snowcap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
- 2
A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does snowcap come from?
From snow + cap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).