sestina
noun
sestina is spelled S-E-S-T-I-N-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sestina means “A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sestina is sestinas.
How many letters and syllables are in sestina?
| Letters | 7: S-E-S-T-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th 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; 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 sestina?
Sestina appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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).
What rhymes with sestina?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sestina.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: entasis.
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 sestina
- sestinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sestina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
- 2
A chord comprising the first six members of the harmonic series.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sestina in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A highly structured poem:
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 sestina come from?
From Italian sestina. Doublet of sextain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).