hosta
/ˈhoʊ stə/noun
hosta is spelled H-O-S-T-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hosta means “Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hosta is hostas.
How many letters and syllables are in hosta?
| Letters | 5: H-O-S-T-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th 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 hosta?
Hosta appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 hosta?
- UK /ˈhɒstə/
- US /ˈhoʊ stə/
- US /ˈhɑs tə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with hosta?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hosta.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shota, shoat.
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 hosta
- hostas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hosta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hosta come from?
Borrowed from translingual Hosta f, from Serbo-Croatian Host + translingual -a f. Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).