cannoli
/kəˈnoʊli/noun
cannoli is spelled C-A-N-N-O-L-I: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cannoli means “A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cannoli is cannolis.
How many letters and syllables are in cannoli?
| Letters | 7: C-A-N-N-O-L-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th 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 cannoli?
Cannoli appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 cannoli?
- UK /kaˈnəʊlɪ/
- UK /kəˈnəʊlɪ/
- US /kəˈnoʊli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cannoli.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cannoli?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cannoli from its last stressed vowel (/oʊli/):
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 cannoli
- cannolis plural
- cannolo
- cannolu
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cannoli mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.
- 2
plural of cannolo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cannoli in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cannolo |
| German | Cannolo |
| Spanish | cannolo, cannoli |
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 cannoli come from?
Borrowed from Italian cannoli (plural of cannolo) or Sicilian cannoli (plural of cannolu); see there for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).