arango
/əˈɹæŋɡəʊ/noun
arango is spelled A-R-A-N-G-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arango means “A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arango is arangos or arangoes.
How many letters and syllables are in arango?
| Letters | 6: A-R-A-N-G-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd 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 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 arango?
Arango appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 arango?
- /əˈɹæŋɡəʊ/
Arango 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).
What rhymes with arango?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arango.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: angora.
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 arango
- arangos plural
- arangoes plural
- rango
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arango mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does arango come from?
Rango is the earlier form, attested from 1644. From Malagasy rango (“long and thin”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).