FODMAP
/ˈfɑd.mæp/noun
FODMAP is a noun meaning “Acronym of fermentable oligosaccharide(s), disaccharide(s), monosaccharide(s), and polyol(s)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-D-M-A-P and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of FODMAP is FODMAPs.
What does FODMAP mean?
noun
- 1
Acronym of fermentable oligosaccharide(s), disaccharide(s), monosaccharide(s), and polyol(s).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce FODMAP?
- US /ˈfɑd.mæp/
- UK /ˈfɒd.mæp/
FODMAP has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of FODMAP
- FODMAPs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is FODMAP?
FODMAP appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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).
FODMAP in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fermentable oligo-, di-, mono- saccharide and polyol:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fodmap |
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.