manga
man·ga/ˈmɑŋɡə/noun
manga is spelled M-A-N-G-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables (man·ga). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manga means “A comic originating in Japan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manga is mangas.
How many letters and syllables are in manga?
| Letters | 5: M-A-N-G-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: man·ga |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is manga?
Manga appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 manga?
- UK /ˈmæŋɡə/
- US /ˈmɑŋɡə/
Manga has 2 syllables, split man·ga in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-manga.wav, En-us-manga.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with manga
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: mango.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with manga?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as manga from its last stressed vowel (/ɑŋɡə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of manga
- mangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A comic originating in Japan.
- 2
An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
- 3
proscribedAny comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.
Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
- 4
A covering for a crucifix.
- 5
A mangalitsa pig.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense comic originating in Japan:
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.
Where does manga come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).