ulva
/ˈɔl.və/noun
ulva is spelled U-L-V-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ulva, the name). As a noun, ulva means “Any organism of the genus Ulva” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ulva is ulvas.
How many letters and syllables are in ulva?
| Letters | 4: U-L-V-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 ulva?
Ulva appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ulva, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ulva?
- US /ˈɔl.və/
Ulva has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ulva?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ulva (/ɔlvə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: valu.
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 ulva
- ulvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ulva mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any organism of the genus Ulva.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ulva come from?
Borrowed from translingual Ulva, itself from Latin ulva (“sedge”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).