Marengo

noun

"marengo" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Marengo” is uncommon English (frequency #73,408 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,408
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of chicken Marengo.

Corpus desk

Index EN-marengo · Marengo · English

Marengo · rank #73,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,408
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Markowitz

Nearest frequency peer: Markowitz (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Marengo”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Marengo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Marengo
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarengo
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,408
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Marengo” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Marengofalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Markowitz” (#73,409), “mandrel” (#73,406), “Maroney” (#73,410). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Marengo” is #73,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Marengo is uncommon English at frequency #73,408 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ellipsis of chicken Marengo.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Marengo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Marengo, spelled M-A-R-E-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ellipsis of chicken Marengo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Marengo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A Marengo of Chicken can only be produced in perfection from a young bird. It is a very appetising dish.
  2. Another writer, Frank Richardson, pointed out how common it was to find a Marengo dish without any chicken in it.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Marengo"?
"Marengo" is spelled M-A-R-E-N-G-O.
What does "Marengo" mean?
As a noun, "Marengo" means: Ellipsis of chicken Marengo.
What language does "Marengo" come from?
"Marengo" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Marengo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list