warbird
noun
warbird is spelled W-A-R-B-I-R-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warbird means “A warplane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warbird is warbirds.
How many letters and syllables are in warbird?
| Letters | 7: W-A-R-B-I-R-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd 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 warbird?
Warbird appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 warbird
- warbirds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warbird mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A warplane.
- 2
A crew member of a warplane; airman.
- 3
Synonym of scarlet tanager.
- 4
An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately.
- 5
Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc.
- 6
A heavily-armed starship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does warbird come from?
From war + bird.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).