maitake
mai·ta·kenoun
maitake is spelled M-A-I-T-A-K-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables (mai·ta·ke). It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, maitake means “Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of maitake is maitakes.
How many letters and syllables are in maitake?
| Letters | 7: M-A-I-T-A-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: mai·ta·ke |
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is maitake?
Maitake appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 maitake?
Maitake has 3 syllables, split mai·ta·ke in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of maitake
- maitakes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maitake mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does maitake come from?
From Japanese 舞茸 (maitake).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).