plaza
pla·za/ˈplɑːzə/noun
plaza is spelled P-L-A-Z-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables (pla·za). It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plaza means “A town's public square” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plaza is plazas.
How many letters and syllables are in plaza?
| Letters | 5: P-L-A-Z-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pla·za |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th 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 plaza?
Plaza appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 plaza?
- UK /ˈplæzə/
- US /ˈplɑːzə/
Plaza has 2 syllables, split pla·za in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-plaza.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plaza?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plaza from its last stressed vowel (/ɑzə/):
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 plaza
- plazas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plaza mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A town's public square.
Tourists gathered in the central plaza.
- 2
An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
- 3
CanadaUSA strip mall.
- 4
A shopping mall.
The hotel overlooks a busy shopping plaza.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate plaza?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of plaza: Plz, Plz., plz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plaza in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a towns' public square:
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 plaza come from?
Borrowed from Spanish plaza (“town-square or central place of gathering”), from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, place, and platz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).