pavonia
/pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/noun
pavonia is spelled P-A-V-O-N-I-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pavonia means “Any plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pavonia is pavonias.
How many letters and syllables are in pavonia?
| Letters | 7: P-A-V-O-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 pavonia?
Pavonia appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 pavonia?
- UK /pəˈvəʊ.ni.ə/
- US /pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/
Pavonia has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with pavonia?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pavonia from its last stressed vowel (/oʊniə/):
- pneumonia
- zirconia
- begonia
- harmonia
- anhedonia
- dysphonia
- watsonia
- heliconia
- houstonia
- adansonia
- claytonia
- gordonia
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 pavonia
- pavonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pavonia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pavonia come from?
From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ia, named after Spanish physician and botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, with Spanish Pavón ultimately from Latin pāvō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).