mango
/ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/
"mango" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mango” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,757 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,757
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mango |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mango” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mango is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,757 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mango, with forms such as "amngo", "magno", and "manggo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mao", "many", "mann", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Por… The correct English form is mango, spelled M-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
- 2The fruit of the mango tree.
- 3A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
- 4A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
- 5A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
- 6Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
- 7A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
- 8The breasts.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amngo,magno,manggo,manngo,manog,mmango,mnago
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mango - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mango”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mao” - see the side-by-side comparison. mango vs mao
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.