santa
/ˈsæntə/noun
santa is spelled S-A-N-T-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, santa means “Alternative letter-case form of Santa (noun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of santa is santas.
How many letters and syllables are in santa?
| Letters | 5: S-A-N-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 31 times per million words; the 3,052nd 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 santa?
Santa appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd 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 santa?
- /ˈsæntə/
Santa 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Santa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with santa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as santa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: satan.
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 santa
- santas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does santa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalAlternative letter-case form of Santa (noun).
noun
- 1
An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.
- 2
An instance of any likeness of Santa.
a plastic Santa waving in time to some music
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).