maa
/mɑː/interjection, verb
maa is spelled M-A-A: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, maa means “A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in maa?
| Letters | 3: M-A-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th 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 maa?
Maa appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 maa?
- /mɑː/
- /mæː/
- [mæ̰ː ~ mæˀæˀæ]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-maa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with maa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as maa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ama, aam.
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 maa
- maas present, singular, he/she/it
- maaing participle, present
- maaed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.
verb
- 1
To make such a sound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does maa come from?
Onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).