spearfish
"spearfish" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spearfish” is an uncommon English word, ranked #99,886 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,886
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spearfish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spearfish” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for spearfish is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #99,886 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
spearfish has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From spear + fish. The correct English form is spearfish, spelled S-P-E-A-R-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
- 2Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
- 3Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
Etymology
From spear + fish.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “spearfish”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-E-A-R-F-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.