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youngblood

noun

youngblood is spelled Y-O-U-N-G-B-L-O-O-D: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, youngblood means “Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of youngblood is youngbloods.

How many letters and syllables are in youngblood?

Letters10: Y-O-U-N-G-B-L-O-O-D
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is youngblood?

Youngblood appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd 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 youngblood?

    Youngblood has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

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

    Words people confuse with youngblood

    Also written: young blood (one word or two).

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    Forms of youngblood

    • youngbloods plural

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

    What does youngblood mean?

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

    noun

    1. 1

      Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.

    2. 2

      A young black gangster.

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

    Where does youngblood come from?

    From young + blood.

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

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