piazza
/piˈæt.sə/noun
piazza is spelled P-I-A-Z-Z-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, piazza means “A public square, especially in Italian cities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of piazza is piazzas or piazze.
How many letters and syllables are in piazza?
| Letters | 6: P-I-A-Z-Z-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 piazza?
Piazza appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 piazza?
- US /piˈæt.sə/
- US /piˈæ.zə/
Piazza 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-piazza.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with piazza?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as piazza (/ætsə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: apizza.
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 piazza
- piazzas plural
- piazze plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does piazza mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A public square, especially in Italian cities.
- 2
USdatedA veranda; a porch.
- 3
UKA roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does piazza come from?
From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, platz, and plaza.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).