iguana
/ɪˈɡwɑnə/noun
iguana is spelled I-G-U-A-N-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, iguana means “A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of iguana is iguanas.
How many letters and syllables are in iguana?
| Letters | 6: I-G-U-A-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd 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 iguana?
Iguana appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 iguana?
- UK /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/
- UK /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/
- US /ɪˈɡwɑnə/
Iguana 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-iguana.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with iguana?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as iguana from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnə/):
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 iguana
- iguanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does iguana mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
- 2
Any member of the genus Iguana.
- 3
colloquialIn America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
- 4
colloquialIn Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
- 5
AustraliaAny member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Iguana in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 iguana come from?
Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).