caladium
noun
caladium is spelled C-A-L-A-D-I-U-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caladium means “Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caladium is caladiums.
How many letters and syllables are in caladium?
| Letters | 8: C-A-L-A-D-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 caladium?
Caladium appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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).
Forms of caladium
- caladiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caladium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caladium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | caladium |
| Portuguese | caládio |
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 caladium come from?
Borrowed from translingual Caladium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).