spaceport
/ˈspeɪs.pɔːt/noun
spaceport is spelled S-P-A-C-E-P-O-R-T: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spaceport means “A site for launching spacecraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spaceport is spaceports.
How many letters and syllables are in spaceport?
| Letters | 9: S-P-A-C-E-P-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 spaceport?
Spaceport appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 spaceport?
- UK /ˈspeɪs.pɔːt/
Spaceport has 2 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: En-us-spaceport.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spaceport
- spaceports plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spaceport mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A site for launching spacecraft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spaceport in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a site for launching spacecraft:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cosmodrome, base de lancement |
| German | Weltraumbahnhof, Kosmodrom |
| Portuguese | espaçoporto |
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 spaceport come from?
From space + port; compare airport.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).