alba
/ˈæl.bə/noun
alba is spelled A-L-B-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Alba, the name). As a noun, alba means “A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alba is albas.
How many letters and syllables are in alba?
| Letters | 4: A-L-B-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 alba?
Alba appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Alba, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce alba?
- UK /ˈæl.bə/
Alba 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-alba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with alba?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as alba (/ælbə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: baal, blaa.
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 alba
- albas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
- 2
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
- 3
A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
- 4
Synonym of alb.
- 5
rareplural of album
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alba come from?
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).