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mega

/ˈmɛɡə/adjective, adverb, noun

mega is spelled M-E-G-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mega means “Very large” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in mega?

Letters4: M-E-G-A
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is mega?

Mega appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 mega?

  • /ˈmɛɡə/
  • /ˈmeɪɡə/

Mega 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-au-mega.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mega-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with mega?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mega.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: game, mage.

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 mega

  • more mega comparative
  • most mega superlative
  • megas plural

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

What does mega mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    informalVery large.

  2. 2

    slangGreat; excellent.

    July 15, 2011, Liam Gallagher, quoted at the launch of the new Manchester City F.C. kit I've been a City fan since I was a kid, so to be involved with the launch of a new kit is colossal. Manchester City fans are known for having a lot of s

adverb

  1. 1

    informalExtremely.

    mega-fun

noun

  1. 1

    informalA megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region).

  2. 2

    The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

phrase

as Mega
  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of MEGA (“Make Europe Great Again”).

noun

as MEGA
  1. 1

    Initialism of Moon-Earth gravity assist.

  2. 2

    Initialism of Mars-Earth gravity assist.

phrase

as MEGA
  1. 1

    Initialism of Make Europe Great Again.

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

Mega in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchméga- (very large, great)
Portuguesemega- (very large, great)
Spanishmega- (very large, great)
Germanmega- (multiplication factor one million)

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 mega come from?

From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

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

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