papaya
/pəˈpaɪ.ə/noun
papaya is spelled P-A-P-A-Y-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, papaya means “A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of papaya is papayas.
How many letters and syllables are in papaya?
| Letters | 6: P-A-P-A-Y-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 papaya?
Papaya appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 papaya?
- UK /pəˈpaɪ.ə/
- UK /pəˈpɑː.jə/
Papaya 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)-I_learned_some_phrases-papaya.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with papaya?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as papaya from its last stressed vowel (/aɪə/, British pronunciation):
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 papaya
- papayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does papaya mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
- 2
The fruit of this tree.
- 3
An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Papaya in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | papayer , papaye |
| Portuguese | mamoeiro , mamão, papaia |
| Spanish | papayo, frutabomba, papayero, lechoso , papaya, papaya) |
| German | Papaya |
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 papaya come from?
Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Doublet of pawpaw.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).