swordfight
sword·fight/ˈsɔɹdfaɪt/noun
swordfight is spelled S-W-O-R-D-F-I-G-H-T: 10 letters and 2 syllables (sword·fight). It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, swordfight means “A fight or duel using swords” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of swordfight is swordfights.
How many letters and syllables are in swordfight?
| Letters | 10: S-W-O-R-D-F-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sword·fight |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st 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 swordfight?
Swordfight appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 swordfight?
- US /ˈsɔɹdfaɪt/
- UK /ˈsɔːdfaɪt/
- /ˈso(ː)ɹdfaɪt/
Swordfight has 2 syllables, split sword·fight in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-swordfight.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of swordfight
- swordfights plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does swordfight mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fight or duel using swords.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does swordfight come from?
From sword + fight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).