sabella
noun
sabella is spelled S-A-B-E-L-L-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sabella, the name). As a noun, sabella means “A seaworm of the genus Sabella, around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sabella is sabellas or sabellae.
How many letters and syllables are in sabella?
| Letters | 7: S-A-B-E-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sabella?
Sabella appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sabella, 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 sabella?
Sabella has 3 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).
Forms of sabella
- sabellas plural
- sabellae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sabella mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A seaworm of the genus Sabella, around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sabella in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense seaworm of genus Sabella:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sabelle |
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 sabella come from?
From Latin sabulum (“sand”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).