sportfish
noun, verb
sportfish is spelled S-P-O-R-T-F-I-S-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sportfish means “Alternative form of sport fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sportfish is sportfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in sportfish?
| Letters | 9: S-P-O-R-T-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th 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 sportfish?
Sportfish appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 sportfish
- sportfishes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sportfishing participle, present
- sportfished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sportfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of sport fish.
verb
- 1
To fish for sport.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sportfish come from?
From sport + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).