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sativa

/səˈti və/noun

sativa is spelled S-A-T-I-V-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sativa means “Cannabis sativa, a widely consumed form of cannabis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in sativa?

Letters6: S-A-T-I-V-A
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is sativa?

Sativa appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 sativa?

  • UK /səˈti va/
  • US /səˈti və/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sativa mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Cannabis sativa, a widely consumed form of cannabis.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Sativa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Cannabis sativa:

LanguageWords
Frenchsativa
Spanishsátiva

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 sativa come from?

Ellipsis of translingual Cannabis sativa (“sativa form of marijuana”), from Latin sativa (“cultivated”)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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