spoonful
/ˈspuːnfəl/noun
spoonful is spelled S-P-O-O-N-F-U-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spoonful means “The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spoonful is spoonfuls or spoonsful.
How many letters and syllables are in spoonful?
| Letters | 8: S-P-O-O-N-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 spoonful?
Spoonful appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 spoonful?
- /ˈspuːnfəl/
- /ˈspuːnfʊl/
- /ˈspʌnfʊl/
Spoonful 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spoonful.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spoonful
- spoonfuls plural
- spoonsful plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spoonful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spoonful in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense amount a spoon will hold:
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 spoonful come from?
From Middle English sponeful, sponefull, sponful, spone-ful, equivalent to spoon + -ful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).