celosia
noun
celosia is spelled C-E-L-O-S-I-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, celosia means “An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of celosia is celosias.
How many letters and syllables are in celosia?
| Letters | 7: C-E-L-O-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is celosia?
Celosia appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 celosia?
Celosia has 4 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).
Forms of celosia
- celosias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does celosia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Celosia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | célosie |
| German | Brandschopf |
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 celosia come from?
Borrowed from translingual Celosia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).