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limoncello

/ˌlɪmənˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/noun

limoncello is spelled L-I-M-O-N-C-E-L-L-O: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, limoncello means “A kind of Italian lemon-flavoured liqueur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of limoncello is limoncellos.

How many letters and syllables are in limoncello?

Letters10: L-I-M-O-N-C-E-L-L-O
In writingabout once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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 limoncello?

Limoncello appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 limoncello?

  • UK /ˌlɪmənˈtʃɛləʊ/
  • US /ˌlɪmənˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-limoncello.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with limoncello?

7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as limoncello from its last stressed vowel (/ɛloʊ/):

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 limoncello

  • limoncellos plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does limoncello mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A kind of Italian lemon-flavoured liqueur.

  2. 2

    A glass of this drink.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Limoncello in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense liqueur:

LanguageWords
GermanLimoncello

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 limoncello come from?

Borrowed from Italian limoncello, a diminutive of limone (“lemon”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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