alumna
/əˈlʌmnə/noun
alumna is spelled A-L-U-M-N-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “alum vs alumna” about 20 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, alumna means “A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alumna is alumni or alumnas; Wiktionary also lists alumnæ (obsolete).
How many letters and syllables are in alumna?
| Letters | 6: A-L-U-M-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is alumna?
Alumna appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 alumna?
- /əˈlʌmnə/
Alumna has 3 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)-Vealhurl-alumna.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with alumna
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with alumna?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as alumna.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: manual.
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 alumna
- alumni plural
- alumnas plural
- alumnae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alumna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
- 2
A female graduate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alumna in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étudiante, élève , diplômée |
| Portuguese | aluna , diplomada |
| Spanish | alumna , antigua alumna, ex alumna, graduada, diplomada, titulada |
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 alumna come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin alumna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).