stockfish
stock·fish/ˈstɒkfɪʃ/noun
stockfish is spelled S-T-O-C-K-F-I-S-H: 9 letters and 2 syllables (stock·fish). It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stockfish means “Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stockfish is stockfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in stockfish?
| Letters | 9: S-T-O-C-K-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: stock·fish |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th 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 stockfish?
Stockfish appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 stockfish?
- UK /ˈstɒkfɪʃ/
Stockfish has 2 syllables, split stock·fish in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stockfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stockfish
- stockfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stockfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
- 2
The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stockfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cured fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stockfisch, stockfish, stokfiche, stoquefiche |
| German | Stockfisch |
| Spanish | pescado seco |
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 stockfish come from?
Inherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), because the fish are dried on sticks or poles. Equivalent to stock + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).