atua
noun
atua is spelled A-T-U-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, atua means “A spiritual being in Polynesian culture; a god or demon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of atua is atuas.
How many letters and syllables are in atua?
| Letters | 4: A-T-U-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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; 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 atua?
Atua appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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).
What rhymes with atua?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as atua.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: taua.
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 atua
- atuas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does atua mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A spiritual being in Polynesian culture; a god or demon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does atua come from?
From Māori atua. Compare Tahitian atua, Samoan atua, Hawaiian akua.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).