dracaena
/dɹəˈkeɪ.nə/noun
dracaena is spelled D-R-A-C-A-E-N-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dracaena means “Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dracaena is dracaenas.
How many letters and syllables are in dracaena?
| Letters | 8: D-R-A-C-A-E-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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 dracaena?
Dracaena appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 dracaena?
- US /dɹəˈkeɪ.nə/
Dracaena has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dracaena?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dracaena from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnə/):
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 dracaena
- dracaenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dracaena mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dracaena in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of the genus Dracaena:
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 dracaena come from?
From the genus name Dracaena, from Latin dracaena, from Ancient Greek δράκαινᾰ (drákaină, “she-dragon”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).