zinnia
/ˈzɪn.i.ə/noun
zinnia is spelled Z-I-N-N-I-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Zinnia, the name). As a noun, zinnia means “Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zinnia is zinnias.
How many letters and syllables are in zinnia?
| Letters | 6: Z-I-N-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th 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 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 zinnia?
Zinnia appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Zinnia, 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 zinnia?
- US /ˈzɪn.i.ə/
- US /ˈzi.ni.ə/
- US /ˈzɪn.jə/
Zinnia has 3 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)-Neøn-zinnia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with zinnia?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as zinnia from its last stressed vowel (/ɪniə/):
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 zinnia
- zinnias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zinnia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zinnia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flower:
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 zinnia come from?
Borrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botanist (d. 1759).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).