sockeye
noun
sockeye is spelled S-O-C-K-E-Y-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sockeye means “A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sockeye is sockeyes.
How many letters and syllables are in sockeye?
| Letters | 7: S-O-C-K-E-Y-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th 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 sockeye?
Sockeye appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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 sockeye
- sockeyes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sockeye mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
- 2
Edible flesh of this fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sockeye in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a type of fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saumon rouge |
| German | Rotlachs |
| Portuguese | salmão-vermelho |
| Spanish | salmón rojo |
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 sockeye come from?
Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).