mamey
/mɑˈmeɪ/noun
mamey is spelled M-A-M-E-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mamey means “An evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mamey is mameys or mameyes.
How many letters and syllables are in mamey?
| Letters | 5: M-A-M-E-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd 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 mamey?
Mamey appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd 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 mamey?
- /mɑˈmeɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mamey.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mamey
- mameys plural
- mameyes plural
- mamee
- mamie
- mammey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mamey mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit.
- 2
A tree of species Pouteria sapota, or its fruit.
- 3
A flowering plant of species Magnolia guatemalensis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mamey come from?
Borrowed from Spanish mamey, from Taíno.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).