cassata
/kəˈsɑtə/noun
cassata is spelled C-A-S-S-A-T-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cassata means “A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cassata is cassatas.
How many letters and syllables are in cassata?
| Letters | 7: C-A-S-S-A-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 cassata?
Cassata appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 cassata?
- UK /kəˈsɑːtə/
- US /kəˈsɑtə/
Cassata 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)-Flame,_not_lame-cassata.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cassata?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cassata from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtə/):
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 cassata
- cassatas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cassata mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits.
- 2
Synonym of cassata siciliana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cassata come from?
Borrowed from Italian cassata (“cassata siciliana”), from Sicilian cassata, probably from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”). Compare Maltese qassata (“savoury pastry with ricotta filling”), confirming that the use of ricotta cheese is what unites all of the relevant dishes (and hence probably the original meaning).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).