stonefish
noun
stonefish is spelled S-T-O-N-E-F-I-S-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stonefish means “A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stonefish is stonefishes.
How many letters and syllables are in stonefish?
| Letters | 9: S-T-O-N-E-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st 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 stonefish?
Stonefish appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 stonefish
- stonefishes plural
- stone fish
- stone-fish
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stonefish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stonefish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tropical marine fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poisson-pierre |
| Portuguese | peixe-pedra, lacrau, lacrau-do-mar |
| Spanish | pez piedra |
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 stonefish come from?
From stone + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).