momma
mom·ma/ˈmɑmə/noun
momma is spelled M-O-M-M-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables (mom·ma). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “mama vs momma” about 590 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, momma means “Alternative spelling of mama” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of momma is mommas.
How many letters and syllables are in momma?
| Letters | 5: M-O-M-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mom·ma |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is momma?
Momma appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 momma?
- UK /ˈmɒmə/
- US /ˈmɑmə/
Momma has 2 syllables, split mom·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-momma.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with momma
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with momma?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as momma from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mammo.
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 momma
- mommas plural
- moma
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does momma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of mama.
- 2
A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does momma come from?
A variant of mama.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).