alula
/ˈæljuːlə/noun
alula is spelled A-L-U-L-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, alula means “A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alula is alulae or alulas.
How many letters and syllables are in alula?
| Letters | 5: A-L-U-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd 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 alula?
Alula appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 alula?
- /ˈæljuːlə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-alula.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of alula
- alulae plural
- alulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alula mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds.
- 2
A flower, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alula come from?
From Latin ala (“wing”) + English -ula.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).