ria
/ˈɹiːə/noun
ria is spelled R-I-A: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ria, the name). As a noun, ria means “A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ria is rias.
How many letters and syllables are in ria?
| Letters | 3: R-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 ria?
Ria appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ria, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ria?
- UK /ˈɹiːə/
Ria has 2 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).
What rhymes with ria?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ria from its last stressed vowel (/iə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: air, rai.
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 ria
- rias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ria mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
noun
- 1
Initialism of rich Internet application.
- 2
Initialism of radioimmunoassay.
- 3
Initialism of Reactivity-Initiated Accident.
- 4
Initialism of registered investment adviser.
- 5
Initialism of Regulatory Impact Assessment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ria in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley:
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 ria come from?
From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from Galician ría, from Galician río, from Latin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).