# mamma

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæmə/ · frequency rank #19,130

## Definitions
1. The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
2. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.

## Easily confused with
- **MMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mma)
- **mmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mmm)
- **Maya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-maya)
- **mata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mata)
- **mara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mara)
- **mana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mana)
- **mmmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mmmm)
- **MDMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mdma)
- **masa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-masa)
- **Maria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-maria)
- **manga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-manga)
- **mommy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mommy)
- **mummy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mummy)
- **mania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mania)
- **momma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-momma)
- **Mazda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-mazda)
- **Marta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-marta)
- **massa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-massa)
- **Maura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-maura)
- **manta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mamma-vs-manta)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ammma`, `mamam`, `mmamma`

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