mahout
ma·hout/məˈhaʊt/noun, verb
mahout is spelled M-A-H-O-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ma·hout). 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, mahout means “An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mahout is mahouts.
How many letters and syllables are in mahout?
| Letters | 6: M-A-H-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ma·hout |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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; 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 mahout?
Mahout 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 mahout?
- UK /məˈhaʊt/
- UK /məˈhuːt/
- US /məˈhaʊt/
Mahout has 2 syllables, split ma·hout in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mahout1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mahout2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mahout?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mahout from its last stressed vowel (/aʊt/):
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 mahout
- mahouts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mahouting participle, present
- mahouted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mahout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver.
verb
- 1
To drive (an elephant or elephants).
- 2
To drive elephants.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mahout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense elephant trainer, keeper, and driver:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mahout, cornac |
| German | Mahaut, Mahout, Mahut, Elefantentreiber |
| Portuguese | cornaca |
| Spanish | mahout, cornaca |
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 mahout come from?
The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)). The verb is derived from the noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).