rosa
/ˈɹoʊzə/verb, noun
rosa is spelled R-O-S-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Rosa, the name). As a verb, rosa means “to hide, vanish, shadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rosa?
| Letters | 4: R-O-S-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th 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 rosa?
Rosa appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Rosa, 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 rosa?
- /ˈɹoʊzə/
- /ˈɹəʊzə/
- /ˈɹəʉzə/
Rosa 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). Recordings: En-us-rosa.ogg, En-au-rosa.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rosa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rosa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soar, sora.
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 rosa
- rosas present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- rosaing participle, present
- rosaed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rosa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Australiaslangto hide, vanish, shadow
Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane? No, she unfortunately had to rosa.
noun
- 1
Australiaslangno-show, someone who does not show up as expected
Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up. I know, she is such a rosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rosa come from?
Believed to derive from the name of the Australian native bird rosella (genus Platycercus), a small parrot noted for its ability to vanish when the need arises.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).