magenta
ma·gen·ta/məˈd͡ʒɛntə/noun, adjective
magenta is spelled M-A-G-E-N-T-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ma·gen·ta). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, magenta means “A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of magenta is magentas.
How many letters and syllables are in magenta?
| Letters | 7: M-A-G-E-N-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ma·gen·ta |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th 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 magenta?
Magenta appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 magenta?
- US /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/
Magenta has 3 syllables, split ma·gen·ta in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-magenta.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with magenta?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as magenta (/ɛntə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: magnate, nametag, gateman.
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 magenta
- magentas plural
- more magenta comparative
- most magenta superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does magenta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
adjective
- 1
Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate magenta?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of magenta: CMY.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Magenta in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense color:
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 magenta come from?
Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).