stella
stel·la/ˈstɛl.ə/noun
stella is spelled S-T-E-L-L-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables (stel·la). It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stella means “A star-shaped structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stella is stellae.
How many letters and syllables are in stella?
| Letters | 6: S-T-E-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: stel·la |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 stella?
Stella appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 stella?
- /ˈstɛl.ə/
Stella has 2 syllables, split stel·la in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stella.wav, En-au-Stella.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with stella
Sounds like: stellar, steller (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with stella?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as stella.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sallet.
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 stella
- stellae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stella mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A star-shaped structure.
- 2
USAlternative letter-case form of Stella.
noun
- 1
A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight.
- 2
derogatoryslangA black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stella come from?
Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).