tapioca
/tæpiˈoʊkə/noun
tapioca is spelled T-A-P-I-O-C-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tapioca means “A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tapioca is tapiocas.
How many letters and syllables are in tapioca?
| Letters | 7: T-A-P-I-O-C-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 tapioca?
Tapioca appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 tapioca?
- US /tæpiˈoʊkə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tapioca.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tapioca?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tapioca from its last stressed vowel (/oʊkə/):
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 tapioca
- tapiocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tapioca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
- 2
The cassava plant, Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is derived; manioc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tapioca in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense starchy food from cassava:
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 tapioca come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).