soprano
/səˈpɹænoʊ/noun, verb
soprano is spelled S-O-P-R-A-N-O: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soprano means “The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soprano is sopranos or soprani.
How many letters and syllables are in soprano?
| Letters | 7: S-O-P-R-A-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 soprano?
Soprano appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 soprano?
- US /səˈpɹænoʊ/
Soprano 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: En-us-soprano.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with soprano?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as soprano from its last stressed vowel (/ænoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pronaos.
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 soprano
- sopranos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- soprani plural
- sopranoes plural
- sopranoing participle, present
- sopranoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soprano mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
- 2
A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
boy soprano
verb
- 1
To sing or utter with high pitch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate soprano?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of soprano: S, sop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soprano in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pitch:
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 soprano come from?
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, adjective from preposition Latin super (“above”). Doublet of sovereign, from the same Latin root via Old French.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).