smetana
/ˈsmɛ.tə.nə/noun
smetana is spelled S-M-E-T-A-N-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, smetana means “A form of soured cream or crème fraîche from Central and Eastern Europe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in smetana?
| Letters | 7: S-M-E-T-A-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th 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 smetana?
Smetana appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 smetana?
- /ˈsmɛ.tə.nə/
Smetana 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-smetana.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with smetana?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as smetana.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: namaste.
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).
What does smetana mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of soured cream or crème fraîche from Central and Eastern Europe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Smetana in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of soured cream:
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 smetana come from?
Borrowed from Russian смета́на (smetána).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).