# mambo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæmbəʊ/ · frequency rank #38,033

## Definitions
1. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)
2. A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.

## Etymology
From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).

## Easily confused with
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mao)
- **MMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mmo)
- **memo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-memo)
- **mayo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mayo)
- **momo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-momo)
- **mano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mano)
- **mami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mami)
- **maybe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-maybe)
- **Mario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mario)
- **Marco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-marco)
- **mango** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mango)
- **mamma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mamma)
- **Mateo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mateo)
- **Margo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-margo)
- **Marko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-marko)
- **Mamie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mamie)
- **mammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mammy)
- **mam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mambo)
- **mab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mab-vs-mambo)
- **mama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mama-vs-mambo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ammbo`, `mabmo`, `mambbo`, `mammbo`, `mamob`, `mmabo`, `mmambo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mambo