spearfish
noun, verb
spearfish is spelled S-P-E-A-R-F-I-S-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spearfish means “Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spearfish is spearfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in spearfish?
| Letters | 9: S-P-E-A-R-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th 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 spearfish?
Spearfish appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 spearfish?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spearfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spearfish
- spearfishes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- spearfishing participle, present
- spearfished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spearfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
- 2
Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
- 3
Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
verb
- 1
To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
- 2
To fish for spearfish by any method.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spearfish come from?
From spear + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).