cattleya
/ˈkatlɪə/noun
cattleya is spelled C-A-T-T-L-E-Y-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cattleya means “Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a genus of orchids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cattleya is cattleyas.
How many letters and syllables are in cattleya?
| Letters | 8: C-A-T-T-L-E-Y-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st 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 cattleya?
Cattleya appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 cattleya?
- UK /ˈkatlɪə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cattleya.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cattleya
- cattleyas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cattleya mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a genus of orchids.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cattleya in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of the genus Cattleya:
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 cattleya come from?
Borrowed from translingual Cattleya, named after William Cattley, English botanist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).