cisterna
noun
cisterna is spelled C-I-S-T-E-R-N-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cisterna means “Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cisterna is cisternae.
How many letters and syllables are in cisterna?
| Letters | 8: C-I-S-T-E-R-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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; 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 cisterna?
Cisterna appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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).
What rhymes with cisterna?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cisterna.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: canister.
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 cisterna
- cisternae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cisterna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cisterna come from?
From Latin cisterna. Doublet of cistern.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).