trevally
noun
trevally is spelled T-R-E-V-A-L-L-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trevally means “Any of certain fishes of the family Carangidae, especially of the genera Caranx and Pseudocaranx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trevally is trevallies.
How many letters and syllables are in trevally?
| Letters | 8: T-R-E-V-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th 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 trevally?
Trevally appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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 trevally?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-trevally.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trevally
- trevallies plural
- travally
- trevalley
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trevally mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of certain fishes of the family Carangidae, especially of the genera Caranx and Pseudocaranx.
- 2
archaicA trevalla (family Centrolophidae).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trevally come from?
Perhaps an alteration of cavally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).