mukbang
/ˈmʌkbɑŋ/noun, verb
mukbang is spelled M-U-K-B-A-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mukbang means “An online video broadcast in which a person eats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mukbang is mukbangs.
How many letters and syllables are in mukbang?
| Letters | 7: M-U-K-B-A-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 mukbang?
Mukbang appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 mukbang?
- /ˈmʌkbɑŋ/
- /ˈmʌkbæŋ/
- /ˈmʊkbɑŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-US-mukbang.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mukbang
- mukbangs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- meokbang
- muckbang
- mukbanging participle, present
- mukbanged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mukbang mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An online video broadcast in which a person eats.
verb
- 1
To eat (food) as part of a mukbang performance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mukbang in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense online video broadcast:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | mukbang |
| Spanish | mukbang, meokbang |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mukbang come from?
Borrowed from Korean 먹방 (meokbang, literally “eating broadcast”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).