tallgrass
noun
tallgrass is spelled T-A-L-L-G-R-A-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tallgrass means “Any of various tall grasses that flourish in prairie with relatively abundant water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tallgrass is tallgrasses.
How many letters and syllables are in tallgrass?
| Letters | 9: T-A-L-L-G-R-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tallgrass?
Tallgrass appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 tallgrass?
Tallgrass has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tallgrass
- tallgrasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tallgrass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAny of various tall grasses that flourish in prairie with relatively abundant water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tallgrass come from?
From tall + grass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).