List of pasta

Some different colours and shapes of pasta, in a pasta specialty store in Venice.

While the only basic difference between these names is the shape of the pasta, each pasta is typically matched with a particular sauce based on cooking time, consistency, ability to hold sauce, ease of eating, etc. In the same way that hamburgers are generally not eaten on hotdog buns, pasta amatriciana, for example, is not made with angel hair spaghetti, but with bucatini. Some pasta varieties are uniquely regional and not diffused throughout Italy. In other cases, the cut of pasta is present in more than one region, but the cut is called by another name. For example, the cut rotelle is also called by the names ruote and wagon wheel.

Shaped pasta

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Campanelle	No	Small cones	little bells
	Casarecci	No	Short lengths rolled into an S shape
	Cavatelli	Yes	Seashell shaped with rolled edges
	Cechetti	No	Spherical, stuffed with basil, served with liver and cloves of garlic	Little dancing tin cans
	Cencioni	No	Petal shaped, slightly curved with rough convex side	little rag
	Conchiglie	Yes	Seashell shaped	shells
	Conchiglioni	Yes	Large, stuffable seashell shaped	large shells
	Creste di galli	No	Short, curved and ruffled	cocks' combs
	Farfalle	Yes	Bow tie or butterfly shaped	butterflies
	Farfallone	No	Larger bow ties	large butterfly
	Fiorentine	Yes	Tuscan pasta shape	Florentines
	Fioriettini	Yes	Shaped like a flower	flowers
	Fusilli	Yes	Three-edged spiral, usually in mixed colours. Many vendors and brands sold as fusilli are two-edged	Fusilli, meaning rifle. As the inside barrel of a gun is "rifled" using a similar screw-shaped device
	Fusilli Bucati	No	A more spring shaped variety	holed rifles
	Gemelli	Yes	A single S-shaped strand of pasta twisted in a loose spiral	twins
	Gigli	No	Cone or flower shaped
	Gramigna	No	Short curled lengths of pasta
	Lanterne	No	Curved ridges	lantern holders
	Lumache	No	Snail shaped	From lumaca, meaning snail
	Lumaconi	No	Jumbo Lumache
	Maltagliati	No	Flat roughly cut triangles	badly cut
	Marille	No	Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1983 - like a rolling ocean wave in cross-section, but sadly unsuccessful & no longer produced
	Orecchiette	No	Bowl or ear shaped pasta	little ears
	Pipe	Yes	Larger versions of macaroni
	Quadrefiore	No	Square with rippled edges	flower quadrants
	Radiatore	Yes	Shaped like radiators
	Ricciolini	No	Short wide noodles with a 90-degree twist
	Rotelle	Yes	Wagon wheel shaped pasta	little wheels (from ruota—wheel)
	Rotini	Yes	2-edged spiral, tightly wound. Some vendors and brands are 3-edged and sold as rotini
	Spirali	Yes	A tube which spirals round
	Spiralini	No	More tightly-coiled fusilli
	Strozzapreti	No	Rolled across their width	choke priest or strangle priest
	Torchio	No	Torch shaped
	Trofie	No	Thin twisted pasta

Tubular pasta

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Bucatini	Yes	Hollow spaghetti	little hole
	Calamarata	No	Wide ring shaped pasta
	Calamaretti	No	Smaller Calamarata
	Cannelloni	Yes	Large stuffable tubes	big pipes or big reeds
	Cavatappi	No	Corkscrew-shaped macaroni
	Cellentani	No	Corkscrew-shaped tube
	Chifferi	No	Short and wide macaroni
	Ditalini	Yes	Short tubes; like elbows but shorter and without a bend
	Fideuà	No	Short and thin tubes
	Elbow macaroni	Yes	Bent tubes
	Elicoidali	No	Slightly ribbed tube pasta; the ribs are corked as opposed to those on rigatoni
	Fagioloni	No	Short narrow tube
	Garganelli	No	Square egg noodle rolled into a tube
	Maccheroni	Yes	As long as a little finger, usually striped. Note: The English term macaroni is used for any tubular pasta, not just maccheroni.
	Maccheroncelli	No	Hollow pencil shaped pasta
	Maltagliati	No	Short wide pasta with diagonally cut ends
	Manicotti	Yes	Large stuffable ridged tubes
	Mezzani	No	Short curved tube
	Mezze Penne	Yes	Short version of penne
	Mezzi Bombardoni	No	Wide short tubes
	Mostaccioli	Yes	Sometimes confused to be another name for Penne, Mostaccioli differs in that it does not have ridges. Mostaccioli is also called Penne Lisca or "smoothe penne"	"mustaches"
	Paccheri	No	Large tube
	Pasta al ceppo	No	Shaped like a cinnamon stick
	Penne	Yes	Medium length tubes with ridges, cut diagonally at both ends	literally "pens" because the tip is similar to that of a quill, or fountain pen
	Penne rigate	Yes	Penne with ridged sides
	Penne Zita	No	Wider version of penne
	Pennette	No	Short thin version of penne
	Pennoni	No	Wider version of penne
	Perciatelli	No	Thicker bucatini
	Rigatoncini	No	Smaller version of rigatoni
	Rigatoni	Yes	Large and slightly curved tube	from "riga," meaning line: rigatoni means that with lines (large). "rigato" or "rigate", when added to another pasta name means lined, or, with ridges added, as in "spaghetti rigate"
	Sagne Incannulate	No	Long tube formed of twisted ribbon
	Trenne	No	Penne shaped as a triangle
	Trennette	No	Smaller version of trenne
	Tortiglioni	No	Narrower rigatoni
	Tuffoli	No	Ridged rigatoni
	Ziti	Yes	Long, narrow hose-like tubes
	Zitoni	No	Wider version of Ziti

Strand noodles

Straight round-rods

In order from thickest to thinnest.

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Spaghettoni	No	(spah-geh-TOH-nee) Thick spaghetti.	-oni “thick/large”
	Spaghetti	Yes	(spah-GEH-tee) A round-rod pasta, thicker than fedelini.	spago means twine. spaghetto means little twine. spaghetti is plural
	Spaghettini	No	(spah-geh-TEE-nee) Thin spaghetti.	thin twine
	Fedelini	No	(fay-day-LEE-nee) A round-rod pasta, thicker than vermicelli, and thinner than spaghetti.	little faithful ones
	Vermicelloni	No	(ver-mih-chel-OH-nee) Thick vermicelli.	Thick vermicelli
	Vermicelli	Yes	(ver-mih-CHEL-lee) A round-rod pasta, thicker than capellini, and thinner than fedelini.	little worms
	Capellini	Yes	(kah-pehl-LEE-nee) A round-rod pasta, thicker than angel hair, and thinner than vermicelli.	thin hair
	Capelli d'angelo	Yes	(kah-PELL-ee DAN-dzheh-low) The thinnest round-rod pasta.	Angel hair

Other

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Barbina	No	Thin strands often coiled into nests
	Chitarra	No	Similar to spaghetti, except square rather than round	"guitar" as guitars have squarish-chords
	Ciriole	No	Thicker version of chitarra
	Fusilli lunghi	No	Very long coiled rods (like a thin telephone cord)	long rifles
	Pici	No	Very thick, found in Tuscany

Ribbon pasta noodles

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Bavette	No	Narrower version of tagliatelle
	Bavettine	No	Narrower version of bavette
	Fettuce	No	Wider version of fettuccine
	Fettuccine	Yes	Ribbon of pasta approximately one centimeter wide	Little ribbons
	Fettucelle	No	Narrower version of fettuccine
	Lagane	No	Wide noodles
	Lasagne	Yes	Very wide noodles that often have fluted edges	chamber pot
	Lasagnette	No	Narrower version of lasagna
	Lasagnotte	No	Longer version of lasagna
	Linguettine	No	Narrower version of linguine
	Linguine	Yes	Flattened spaghetti	little tongues
	Mafalde	No	Short rectangular ribbons
	Mafaldine	No	Long ribbons with ruffled sides
	Pappardelle	Yes	Thick flat ribbon
	Pillus	No	Very thin ribbons
File:Pizzocheri.JPG	Pizzoccheri	No	Ribbon pasta made from buckwheat
	Reginette	No	Wide ribbon with rippled edges
	Sagnarelli	No	Rectangular ribbons with fluted edges
	Scialatelli of Scilatielli	No	Homemade long spaghetti with a twisted long spiral
	Stringozzi	No	Similar to shoelaces
	Tagliatelle	Yes	Ribbon fairly thinner than fettuccine
	Taglierini	No	Thinner version of Tagliatelle
	Trenette	No	Thin ribbon ridged on one side
	Tripoline	No	Thick ribbon ridged on one side

Micro pasta

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Acini di pepe	No	Bead-like pasta	Peppercorns
	Alphabets	Yes	Pasta shaped as letters of the alphabet	Letters
	Anelli	No	Small rings of pasta	rings
	Anellini	No	Smaller version of anelli	little rings
	Couscous	Yes	Grain looking pasta. Most common in North Africa. Increasingly more common in Asia and North America	(PLACEHOLDER FOR TRANSLATION OF COUSCOUS)
	Conchigliette	No	Small shell shaped pasta	little shells
	Corallini	No	Small short tubes of pasta	little corals
	Ditali	Yes	Small short tubes	thimbles
	Ditalini	Yes	Smaller versions of ditali	little thimbles
	Farfalline	No	Small bow tie shaped pasta	bow ties
	Fideos	No	Short thin noodles
	Filini	No	Smaller version of fideos
	Fregula	No	Bead-like pasta from Sardinia
	Funghini	No	Small mushroom shaped pasta	little mushrooms
	Occhi di pernice	No	Very small rings of pasta
	Orzo	Yes	Rice shaped pasta (also, Risoni)
	Pastina	No	Small spheres about the same size or smaller than acini di pepe
	Pearl Pasta	No	Spheres slightly larger than acini di pepe
	Quadrettini	No	Small flat squares of pasta	little squares
	Risi	No	Smaller version of orzo
	Seme di melone	No	Small seed shaped pasta	melon seeds
	Stelle	No	Small star shaped pasta	stars
	Stelline	No	Smaller version of stelle	little stars
	Stortini	No	Smaller version of elbow macaroni
	Trachana	No	Granular, irregular shaped pasta of Greek origin

Stuffed pasta

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Agnolotti	Yes	Semi-circular pockets; can be stuffed with ricotta or mix of cheese and meats or pureed vegetables.	Lambs' ears
	Cannelloni	Yes	Rolls of pasta with stuff inside. Usually cooked in oven.
	Mezzalune	No	Semi-circular pockets; about 2.5 in. diameter.	Half-moons
	Mandu	Yes	Commonly referred as dumpling, "potsticker" or "gyoza." Stuffed with vegetables, meat, and seafood. Pronounced [Mah-n-doo]. Can be steamed, boiled, pan-fried or deep-fried.
	Panzarotti	Yes
	Ravioli	Yes
	Sacchettini	No
	Tortellini & Tortelloni	Yes	Small, rectangle. About 1x2cm. Stuffed with cheese and/or procciuto.

Irregular Shapes

Image	Type	Common?	Description	Translation
	Gnocchi	Yes	Round in shape and often made with flour plus potatoes.
	Spätzle	Yes	German egg pasta that is either round in shape or completely irregular, when hand made.	Means "little sparrow" in German.