tigerfish
noun
tigerfish is spelled T-I-G-E-R-F-I-S-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tigerfish means “Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tigerfish is tigerfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in tigerfish?
| Letters | 9: T-I-G-E-R-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 tigerfish?
Tigerfish appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 tigerfish
- tigerfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tigerfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
- 2
Any barracuda.
- 3
Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
- 4
Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
- 5
Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
- 6
Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
- 7
A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
- 8
jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tigerfish come from?
From tiger + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).