cria
noun
cria is spelled C-R-I-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cria means “A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cria is crias.
How many letters and syllables are in cria?
| Letters | 4: C-R-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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 cria?
Cria appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 cria?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cria.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cair.
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 cria
- crias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cria mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cria come from?
Borrowed from Spanish cría (“kid; pup; cria”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).