novella
/nəˈvɛlə/noun
novella is spelled N-O-V-E-L-L-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, novella means “A short novel or long short story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of novella is novellas or novelle.
How many letters and syllables are in novella?
| Letters | 7: N-O-V-E-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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 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 novella?
Novella appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 novella?
- UK /nəˈvɛlə/
- UK /nəʊˈvɛlə/
- US /nəˈvɛlə/
Novella has 3 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-novella.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with novella?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as novella from its last stressed vowel (/ɛlə/):
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 novella
- novellas plural
- novelle plural
- novellae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does novella mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short novel or long short story.
- 2
Synonym of novel (“a new legal constitution”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Novella in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense short novel:
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 novella come from?
Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).