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yellowtail

adjective, noun

yellowtail is spelled Y-E-L-L-O-W-T-A-I-L: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, yellowtail means “Having a yellow tail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in yellowtail?

Letters10: Y-E-L-L-O-W-T-A-I-L
In writingabout once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 yellowtail?

Yellowtail appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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).

Words people confuse with yellowtail

Also written: yellow-tail (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of yellowtail

  • yellowtails plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does yellowtail mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a yellow tail.

noun

  1. 1

    yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).

  2. 2

    Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .

  3. 3

    Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).

  4. 4

    yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).

  5. 5

    yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).

  6. 6

    whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).

  7. 7

    yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).

  8. 8

    A European moth (Euproctis similis)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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