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Martha

Mar·tha/ˈmɑɹθə/noun

Martha is spelled M-A-R-T-H-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables (Mar·tha). It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Martha means “A miniature greenhouse with a humidifier, used for growing mushrooms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Martha is Marthas.

How many letters and syllables are in Martha?

Letters6: M-A-R-T-H-A
Syllables2: Mar·tha
In writing9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is Martha?

Martha appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th 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 Martha?

  • US /ˈmɑɹθə/
  • UK /ˈmɑːθə/

Martha has 2 syllables, split Mar·tha in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Martha.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Martha

  • Marthas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Martha mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    slangA miniature greenhouse with a humidifier, used for growing mushrooms.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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