nasturtium
/næsˈtɝʃəm/noun
nasturtium is spelled N-A-S-T-U-R-T-I-U-M: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nasturtium means “The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nasturtium is nasturtiums or nasturtia.
How many letters and syllables are in nasturtium?
| Letters | 10: N-A-S-T-U-R-T-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is nasturtium?
Nasturtium appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 nasturtium?
- UK /nasˈtɜːʃəm/
- UK /nəsˈtɜːʃəm/
- US /næsˈtɝʃəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nasturtium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nasturtium
- nasturtiums plural
- nasturtia plural
- nasturtian
- nasturtion
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nasturtium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
- 2
A plant in this genus, garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
- 3
Any of the plants in the genus Nasturtium that includes watercress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nasturtium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of the genus Tropaeolum:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | capucine |
| German | Kapuzinerkresse |
| Spanish | capuchina |
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 nasturtium come from?
From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).