ligma
/ˈlɪɡmə/noun
ligma is spelled L-I-G-M-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ligma means “A notional disease mentioned to trick the interlocutor into inquiring as to its nature, whereupon the speaker responds by saying ligma balls (lick my…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ligma?
| Letters | 5: L-I-G-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 ligma?
Ligma appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 ligma?
- /ˈlɪɡmə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-ligma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ligma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ligma.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gmail.
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).
What does ligma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A notional disease mentioned to trick the interlocutor into inquiring as to its nature, whereupon the speaker responds by saying ligma balls (lick my balls) as a prank.
"Hey, have you heard of ligma?" "What's ligma?" "Ligma balls!"
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ligma come from?
From the phonetic similarity to lick my (balls). Modelled after Hellenic terms such as sigma, omega, tagma, etc. as an intentional misdirection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).