woodworm
noun
woodworm is spelled W-O-O-D-W-O-R-M: 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, woodworm means “Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of woodworm is woodworms.
How many letters and syllables are in woodworm?
| Letters | 8: W-O-O-D-W-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is woodworm?
Woodworm 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 woodworm?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-woodworm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with woodworm?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as woodworm.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wormwood.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of woodworm
- woodworms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does woodworm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.
- 2
Anobium punctatum (common furniture beetle).
- 3
A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Woodworm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense larvae that bore into wood:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does woodworm come from?
From wood + worm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).