malanga
noun
malanga is spelled M-A-L-A-N-G-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malanga means “Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malanga is malangas.
How many letters and syllables are in malanga?
| Letters | 7: M-A-L-A-N-G-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is malanga?
Malanga appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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 malanga?
Malanga has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of malanga
- malangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malanga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.
- 2
Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
- 3
The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value.
- 4
Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Malanga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Xanthostoma plant:
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.