ita
noun
ita is spelled I-T-A: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ita means “A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ita is itas.
How many letters and syllables are in ita?
| Letters | 3: I-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 ita?
Ita appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 ita?
Ita has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with ita
Also written: eta.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ita?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ita.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tai, ait.
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 ita
- itas plural
- eta
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ita mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco.
phrase
- 1
Initialism of I totally agree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ita come from?
Back-formation from itaconic acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).