cilantro
/sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/noun
cilantro is spelled C-I-L-A-N-T-R-O: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cilantro means “The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cilantro is cilantros.
How many letters and syllables are in cilantro?
| Letters | 8: C-I-L-A-N-T-R-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 cilantro?
Cilantro appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 cilantro?
- UK /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/
- US /sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/
Cilantro 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)-Vealhurl-cilantro.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cilantro?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cilantro (/ɑntɹoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: contrail.
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 cilantro
- cilantros plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cilantro mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USThe stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cilantro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense leaves of the coriander plant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coriandre |
| German | Koriander, Korianderkraut |
| Portuguese | coentro |
| Spanish | cilantro, coriandro, culantro, recaíto |
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 cilantro come from?
From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).