manna
/ˈmænə/noun
manna is spelled M-A-N-N-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “mana vs manna” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, manna means “Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manna is mannas.
How many letters and syllables are in manna?
| Letters | 5: M-A-N-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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).
How common is manna?
Manna appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 manna?
- /ˈmænə/
Manna has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-manna.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with manna
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: manner, manor (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: mana.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of manna
- mannas plural
- archaic
- mana
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- 2
Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
- 3
The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manna in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense food:
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 manna come from?
From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).