whydah
/ˈ(h)wɪdə/noun
whydah is spelled W-H-Y-D-A-H: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, whydah means “Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of whydah is whydahs.
How many letters and syllables are in whydah?
| Letters | 6: W-H-Y-D-A-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 whydah?
Whydah appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 whydah?
- /ˈ(h)wɪdə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-whydah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of whydah
- whydahs plural
- whidah
- whyda
- wydah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whydah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does whydah come from?
Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).