Rosalia

name

"rosalia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Rosalia” is uncommon English (frequency #77,158 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,158
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A festival of roses celebrated on various dates in the ancient Roman Empire, primarily in May, but scattered through mid-July.

Corpus desk

Index EN-rosalia · Rosalia · English

Rosalia · rank #77,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,158
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH roop

Nearest frequency peer: roop (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Rosalia”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rosalia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rosalia
PropertyValue
HeadwordRosalia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,158
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Rosalia” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Rosaliafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “roop” (#77,157), “Rosamond” (#77,159), “roselle” (#77,161). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “Rosalia” is #77,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rosalia is uncommon English at frequency #77,158 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rosalia, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin Rosālia. Doublet of Rosalie. The correct English form is Rosalia, spelled R-O-S-A-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A festival of roses celebrated on various dates in the ancient Roman Empire, primarily in May, but scattered through mid-July.
  2. 2
    A female given name from Latin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Rosalia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mrs. Rosalia Gurnee Blauvelt, identified by birth and marriage with two old Rockland County families, died at St. Luke's Hospital early yesterday from the effects of a broken hip suffered in a fall.
  2. Mr. and Mrs. R. Maxwell Ingham of this place have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Rosalia Bushnell Ingham, to John F. Neary Jr., son of Mrs. Alice Neary of New York and John F. Neary of Englewood.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Rosālia. Doublet of Rosalie.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rosalia"?
"Rosalia" is spelled R-O-S-A-L-I-A.
What does "Rosalia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rosalia" means: A festival of roses celebrated on various dates in the ancient Roman Empire, primarily in May, but scattered through mid-July.
What is the origin of the word "Rosalia"?
Learned borrowing from Latin Rosālia. Doublet of Rosalie. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rosalia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list