Spokane
/spoʊˈkæn/noun
Spokane is spelled S-P-O-K-A-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Spokane means “A Native American Plateau tribe who inhabited the eastern portion of Washington state and parts of northern Idaho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Spokane?
| Letters | 7: S-P-O-K-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th 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 Spokane?
Spokane appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th 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 Spokane?
- /spoʊˈkæn/
Spokane 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-Spokane.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does Spokane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Native American Plateau tribe who inhabited the eastern portion of Washington state and parts of northern Idaho.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Spokane come from?
A number of etymologies of the name have been proposed, most frequently “Sun children”, “children of the Sun”, or “muddy people”. According to Barry Pritzker (2011), these interpretations are most probably popular etymologies derived from an actual self-designation of Spokane Spoqe'ind (“round head”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).