mensa
/ˈmɛnsə/noun
mensa is spelled M-E-N-S-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mensa means “In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mensa is mensae or mensas.
How many letters and syllables are in mensa?
| Letters | 5: M-E-N-S-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mensa?
Mensa appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 mensa?
- /ˈmɛnsə/
- [-nts-]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mensa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mensa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mensa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: means, manse, manes, mesna.
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 mensa
- mensae plural
- mensas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mensa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
- 2
The upper surface of an altar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mensa come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsa (“table, altar”). Doublet of mesa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).