puccinia
/puˈt͡ʃɪ.ni.ə/noun
puccinia is spelled P-U-C-C-I-N-I-A: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, puccinia means “Any rust fungus of the genus Puccinia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of puccinia is puccinias.
How many letters and syllables are in puccinia?
| Letters | 8: P-U-C-C-I-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st 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 puccinia?
Puccinia appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 puccinia?
- US /puˈt͡ʃɪ.ni.ə/
Puccinia 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 puccinia?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as puccinia from its last stressed vowel (/ɪniə/):
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 puccinia
- puccinias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puccinia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any rust fungus of the genus Puccinia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Puccinia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | puccinia |
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 puccinia come from?
Borrowed from translingual Puccinia, from Italian Puccini, named after Tommaso Puccini.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).