tarantella
/ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/noun
tarantella is spelled T-A-R-A-N-T-E-L-L-A: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tarantella means “A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tarantella is tarantellas.
How many letters and syllables are in tarantella?
| Letters | 10: T-A-R-A-N-T-E-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th 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 tarantella?
Tarantella appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 tarantella?
- US /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/
- UK /tæɹənˈtɛlə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tarantella.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tarantella?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tarantella from its last stressed vowel (/ɛlə/):
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 tarantella
- tarantellas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tarantella mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tarantella in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rapid dance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tarentelle |
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 tarantella come from?
Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).