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mofongo

/məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/noun

mofongo is spelled M-O-F-O-N-G-O: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mofongo means “A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mofongo is mofongos.

How many letters and syllables are in mofongo?

Letters7: M-O-F-O-N-G-O
In writingabout once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th 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 mofongo?

Mofongo appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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 mofongo?

  • /məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/
  • /məʊˈfəʊŋɡəʊ/

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

Forms of mofongo

  • mofongos plural

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

What does mofongo mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.

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

Where does mofongo come from?

Borrowed from Spanish mofongo.

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

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