spittoon
/spɪˈtuːn/noun
spittoon is spelled S-P-I-T-T-O-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spittoon means “A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spittoon is spittoons.
How many letters and syllables are in spittoon?
| Letters | 8: S-P-I-T-T-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd 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 spittoon?
Spittoon appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 spittoon?
- /spɪˈtuːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-spittoon.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spittoon
- spittoons plural
- spitoon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spittoon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spittoon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense receptacle for spit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crachoir |
| German | Spucknapf |
| Portuguese | cuspidor, cuspideira, escarradeira |
| Spanish | escupidera |
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 spittoon come from?
From spit + -oon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).