striga
noun
striga is spelled S-T-R-I-G-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, striga means “A sharp bristle or hair-like scale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of striga is strigae.
How many letters and syllables are in striga?
| Letters | 6: S-T-R-I-G-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th 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 striga?
Striga appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 striga?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as striga.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gratis.
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 striga
- strigae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does striga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sharp bristle or hair-like scale.
- 2
A stripe or stria.
- 3
The flute of a column.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does striga come from?
Borrowed from Latin striga (“a furrow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).