corolla
co·rol·la/kəˈɹoʊlə/noun
corolla is spelled C-O-R-O-L-L-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables (co·rol·la). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corolla means “The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corolla is corollas or corollae.
How many letters and syllables are in corolla?
| Letters | 7: C-O-R-O-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: co·rol·la |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 corolla?
Corolla appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 corolla?
- US /kəˈɹoʊlə/
- US /kəˈɹɑlə/
- UK /kəˈɹəʊlə/
Corolla has 3 syllables, split co·rol·la in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-corolla.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with corolla?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as corolla from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlə/):
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 corolla
- corollas plural
- corollae plural
- corollæ plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corolla mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of Toyota Corolla.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corolla in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense whorl of a flower:
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 corolla come from?
From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).