valencia
/vəˈlɛnsi.ə/noun
valencia is spelled V-A-L-E-N-C-I-A: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, valencia means “A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of valencia is valencias.
How many letters and syllables are in valencia?
| Letters | 8: V-A-L-E-N-C-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th 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 valencia?
Valencia appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 valencia?
- /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/
Valencia has 4 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Valencia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with valencia
Also written: valentia.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with valencia?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as valencia.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: valiance.
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 valencia
- valencias plural
- valentia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does valencia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
noun
- 1
A kind of sweet orange.
- 2
Any of various cocktails made with orange juice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does valencia come from?
Perhaps from Valence in France.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).