stillbirth
noun
stillbirth is spelled S-T-I-L-L-B-I-R-T-H: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stillbirth means “The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stillbirth is stillbirths.
How many letters and syllables are in stillbirth?
| Letters | 10: S-T-I-L-L-B-I-R-T-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,714th 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 stillbirth?
Stillbirth appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th 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 stillbirth?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stillbirth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with stillbirth
Also written: still-birth (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of stillbirth
- stillbirths plural
- still-birth
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stillbirth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.
- 2
The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stillbirth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense birth of a dead fetus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mortinaissance, mortinatalité |
| German | Totgeburt |
| Portuguese | mortinatalidade, morte fetal |
| Spanish | parto muerto, mortinato, mortinatalidad |
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 stillbirth come from?
From still + birth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).