hilsa
noun
hilsa is spelled H-I-L-S-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hilsa means “Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hilsa is hilsas.
How many letters and syllables are in hilsa?
| Letters | 5: H-I-L-S-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st 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 hilsa?
Hilsa appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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 hilsa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hilsa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shail.
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 hilsa
- hilsas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hilsa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hilsa come from?
Borrowed from Hindi हिल्सा (hilsā).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).