begonia
/bəˈɡoʊni.ə/noun
begonia is spelled B-E-G-O-N-I-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, begonia means “Any plant of the large genus of Begonia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of begonia is begonias.
How many letters and syllables are in begonia?
| Letters | 7: B-E-G-O-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th 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 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 begonia?
Begonia appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 begonia?
- UK /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/
- US /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/
- US [bəˈɡoʊn.jə]
Begonia 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-begonia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with begonia?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as begonia from its last stressed vowel (/oʊniə/):
- pneumonia
- zirconia
- harmonia
- anhedonia
- dysphonia
- watsonia
- heliconia
- pavonia
- houstonia
- adansonia
- claytonia
- gordonia
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 begonia
- begonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does begonia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Begonia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plants of the genus Begonia:
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 begonia come from?
Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).