There are several varieties of pasta. They are normally sorted by dimension, being lengthy (pasta lunga), brief (pasta corta), stuffed (ripiena), prepared in broth (pastina), stretched (strascinati) or in dumpling-like form (gnocchi/gnocchetti). Yet, as a result of the range of forms and regional versions, "one man's gnocchetto can be another's strascinato". Some pasta varieties are distinctly local and not commonly known; lots of types have various names based on area or language. As an example, the cut rotelle is also called ruote in Italy and 'wagon wheels' in the USA. Manufacturers and cooks often create new shapes of pasta, or may rename pre-existing forms for advertising and marketing factors. Italian pasta names commonly finish with the manly plural small suffixes -ini, -elli, -illi, -etti or the feminine plurals -ine, -elle, and so on, all communicating the sense of 'little'; or with the augmentative suffixes -obligations, -one, meaning 'huge'. Various other suffixes like -otti 'largish', and -acci 'harsh, severely made', may likewise take place.
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