speargun
noun
speargun is spelled S-P-E-A-R-G-U-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, speargun means “A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of speargun is spearguns.
How many letters and syllables are in speargun?
| Letters | 8: S-P-E-A-R-G-U-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 speargun?
Speargun appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 speargun
- spearguns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does speargun mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does speargun come from?
From spear + gun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).