snowmobile
noun, verb
snowmobile is spelled S-N-O-W-M-O-B-I-L-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snowmobile means “A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snowmobile is snowmobiles.
How many letters and syllables are in snowmobile?
| Letters | 10: S-N-O-W-M-O-B-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th 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 snowmobile?
Snowmobile appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 snowmobile?
- US
Snowmobile has 3 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-snowmobile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of snowmobile
- snowmobiles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snow-mobile
- snow mobile
- snowmobiling participle, present
- snowmobiled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snowmobile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.
verb
- 1
To ride or race in a snowmobile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snowmobile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense vehicle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | motoneige, scooter des neiges |
| German | Schneemobil, Motorschlitten |
| Portuguese | motoneve, snowmobile, mota de neve |
| Spanish | motonieve |
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.