okina
/oʊˈkinə/noun
okina is spelled O-K-I-N-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, okina means “The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of okina is okinas.
How many letters and syllables are in okina?
| Letters | 5: O-K-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st 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 okina?
Okina appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 okina?
- US /oʊˈkinə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-okina.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with okina?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as okina from its last stressed vowel (/inə/):
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 okina
- okinas plural
- ʻokina
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does okina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does okina come from?
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻokina (“cutting off, separation”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).