fuchsia
/ˈfjuːʃə/noun, adjective
fuchsia is spelled F-U-C-H-S-I-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Fuchsia, the name). As a noun, fuchsia means “A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fuchsia is fuchsias.
How many letters and syllables are in fuchsia?
| Letters | 7: F-U-C-H-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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 fuchsia?
Fuchsia appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Fuchsia, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fuchsia?
- /ˈfjuːʃə/
- /ˈfuːksi.ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fuchsia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fuchsia
- fuchsias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fuchsia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- 2
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
adjective
- 1
Having a purplish-red colour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fuchsia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 fuchsia come from?
From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).