weakfish
noun
weakfish is spelled W-E-A-K-F-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, weakfish means “Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weakfish is weakfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in weakfish?
| Letters | 8: W-E-A-K-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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 weakfish?
Weakfish appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 weakfish
- weakfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weakfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does weakfish come from?
Calque from Dutch weekvis, weekvisch (“weakfish”), equivalent to weak + fish, because of its tender mouth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).