angu
noun
angu is spelled A-N-G-U: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, angu means “A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of angu is angus.
How many letters and syllables are in angu?
| Letters | 4: A-N-G-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th 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; 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 angu?
Angu appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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).
What rhymes with angu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as angu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: guan, guna.
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 angu
- angus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does angu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
noun
- 1
A cannibalistic people inhabiting the mountains of southwestern Morobe in Papua New Guinea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does angu come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).