villa
/ˈvɪlə/noun
villa is spelled V-I-L-L-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, villa means “A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of villa is villas or villae.
How many letters and syllables are in villa?
| Letters | 5: V-I-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is villa?
Villa appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 villa?
- /ˈvɪlə/
- /ˈvɪllɑ/
Villa 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). Recordings: En-us-villa.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of villa
- villas plural
- villae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does villa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- 2
UKA family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
- 3
slangOne’s village or ancestral homeland.
- 4
A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Villa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a house used as a retreat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | villa |
| German | Villa, Anwesen, Landhaus, Herrenhaus, Gutshaus, Landgut |
| Portuguese | casa de campo, casa de praia |
| Spanish | villa, quinta, casa de campo, pazo |
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 villa come from?
Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).