spirea
noun
spirea is spelled S-P-I-R-E-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spirea means “Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spirea is spireas.
How many letters and syllables are in spirea?
| Letters | 6: S-P-I-R-E-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd 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 spirea?
Spirea appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 spirea?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as spirea.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: praise, aspire.
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 spirea
- spireas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spirea mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers.
- 2
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Astilbe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spirea come from?
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).