cultivar
/ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/noun
cultivar is spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-A-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cultivar means “A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cultivar is cultivars.
How many letters and syllables are in cultivar?
| Letters | 8: C-U-L-T-I-V-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cultivar?
Cultivar appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 cultivar?
- /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cultivar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cultivar
- cultivars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cultivar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate cultivar?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of cultivar: cv..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cultivar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cultivated variety:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cultivar |
| German | Cultivar, Kultivar, Kulturvarietät, Sorte |
| Portuguese | cultivar |
| Spanish | cultivar, variedad cultivada |
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 cultivar come from?
Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).