flamingo
/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/noun, adjective
flamingo is spelled F-L-A-M-I-N-G-O: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flamingo means “A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flamingo is flamingos or flamingoes.
How many letters and syllables are in flamingo?
| Letters | 8: F-L-A-M-I-N-G-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th 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 flamingo?
Flamingo appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 flamingo?
- US /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
Flamingo 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)-Vealhurl-flamingo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flamingo?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flamingo from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋɡoʊ/):
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 flamingo
- flamingos plural
- flamingoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flamingo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
- 2
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
adjective
- 1
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flamingo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird:
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 flamingo come from?
From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).