calathea
noun
calathea is spelled C-A-L-A-T-H-E-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, calathea means “Any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of calathea is calatheas.
How many letters and syllables are in calathea?
| Letters | 8: C-A-L-A-T-H-E-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 calathea?
Calathea appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 calathea
- calatheas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does calathea mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does calathea come from?
Borrowed from translingual Calathea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).