ukulele
u·ku·le·le/juː.kəˈleɪ.li/noun
ukulele is spelled U-K-U-L-E-L-E: 7 letters and 4 syllables (u·ku·le·le). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ukulele means “A small four-stringed guitar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ukulele is ukuleles or ʻukuleles.
How many letters and syllables are in ukulele?
| Letters | 7: U-K-U-L-E-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: u·ku·le·le |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 ukulele?
Ukulele appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 ukulele?
- US /juː.kəˈleɪ.li/
- /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/
Ukulele has 4 syllables, split u·ku·le·le in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ukulele.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ukulele?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ukulele from its last stressed vowel (/eɪli/):
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 ukulele
- ukuleles plural
- ukalele rare
- ʻukulele
- ʻukuleles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ukulele mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small four-stringed guitar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate ukulele?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of ukulele: uke.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ukulele in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small four-stringed guitar:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ukulélé |
| German | Ukulele |
| Portuguese | uquelele, uculele, ukelele, ukulele |
| Spanish | ukelele, guitarra hawaiana |
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 ukulele come from?
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).