flotilla
flo·til·la/floʊˈtɪlə/noun
flotilla is spelled F-L-O-T-I-L-L-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables (flo·til·la). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flotilla means “A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flotilla is flotillas.
How many letters and syllables are in flotilla?
| Letters | 8: F-L-O-T-I-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: flo·til·la |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 flotilla?
Flotilla appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 flotilla?
- /floʊˈtɪlə/
Flotilla has 3 syllables, split flo·til·la in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-flotilla.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flotilla
- flotillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flotilla mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.
- 2
A small group of things or people
- 3
A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flotilla in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small fleet:
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 flotilla come from?
From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).