cava
/ˈkɑv.ə/noun
cava is spelled C-A-V-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cava means “plural of cavum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cava is cavae or cavas.
How many letters and syllables are in cava?
| Letters | 4: C-A-V-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 cava?
Cava appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 cava?
- US /ˈkɑv.ə/
- US /ˈkeɪ.və/
As a noun (“Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white…”): /ˈkɑː.və/.
As a noun (“Ellipsis of vena cava”): /ˈkeɪ.və/.
Cava has 2 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)-Vealhurl-cava.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cava2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Cava.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cava?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cava from its last stressed vowel (/ɑvə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vaca.
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 cava
- cavae plural
- cavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cava mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of cavum
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- 3
Ellipsis of vena cava.
- 4
Alternative form of kava.
noun
- 1
A Spanish white sparkling wine made using the méthode champenoise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cava come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).