turducken
tur·duck·en/ˌtɝˈdʌk(ə)n/noun
turducken is spelled T-U-R-D-U-C-K-E-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (tur·duck·en). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, turducken means “A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of turducken is turduckens.
How many letters and syllables are in turducken?
| Letters | 9: T-U-R-D-U-C-K-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tur·duck·en |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th 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 turducken?
Turducken appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 turducken?
- UK /tɜːˈdʌk(ə)n/
- US /ˌtɝˈdʌk(ə)n/
Turducken has 3 syllables, split tur·duck·en in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-turducken.wav, En-us-turducken.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of turducken
- turduckens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does turducken mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).