melaleuca
/ˌmɛləˈluːkə/noun
melaleuca is spelled M-E-L-A-L-E-U-C-A: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melaleuca means “Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of melaleuca is melaleucas.
How many letters and syllables are in melaleuca?
| Letters | 9: M-E-L-A-L-E-U-C-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 melaleuca?
Melaleuca appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 melaleuca?
- US /ˌmɛləˈluːkə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with melaleuca?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as melaleuca from its last stressed vowel (/ukə/):
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 melaleuca
- melaleucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melaleuca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Melaleuca in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any member of the genus Melaleuca:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | melaleuca |
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 melaleuca come from?
Borrowed from Translingual Melaleuca.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).