mona
/ˈmoʊnə/noun
mona is spelled M-O-N-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Mona, the name). As a noun, mona means “Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mona is monas.
How many letters and syllables are in mona?
| Letters | 4: M-O-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 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 mona?
Mona appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Mona, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mona?
- /ˈmoʊnə/
Mona 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mona.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mona?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mona.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moan, mano, noma, maon.
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 mona
- monas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mona mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mona come from?
From Spanish mona (“monkey”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).