aureola
/ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/noun
aureola is spelled A-U-R-E-O-L-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aureola means “Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aureola is aureolas or aureolae.
How many letters and syllables are in aureola?
| Letters | 7: A-U-R-E-O-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 aureola?
Aureola appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 aureola?
- UK /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/
- US /ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/
- US /ɑˈɹiː.ə.lə/
Aureola has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with aureola?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aureola from its last stressed vowel (/iələ/):
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 aureola
- aureolas plural
- aureolae plural
- aureole
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aureola mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
- 2
An increment to the ordinary blessedness of heaven gained by virgins, martyrs, and doctors for their triumph respectively over the flesh, the world, and the devil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aureola in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense luminous cloud:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | auréole |
| German | Heiligenschein, Strahlenkranz, Glorie |
| Portuguese | auréola |
| Spanish | aureola |
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 aureola come from?
From Latin aurea (“golden”) + -ola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).