Mississauga
/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/noun
Mississauga is spelled M-I-S-S-I-S-S-A-U-G-A: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Mississauga means “A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Mississauga is Mississaugas.
How many letters and syllables are in Mississauga?
| Letters | 11: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-A-U-G-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Mississauga?
Mississauga appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 Mississauga?
- /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/
- Canada /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɑ.ɡə/
Mississauga has 4 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: Mississauga.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Mississauga
- Mississaugas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Mississauga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Mississauga come from?
From French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii (“inhabitant of large river mouth”) (with reference to the area where the Mississauga River drains into Lake Huron). Doublet of massasauga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).