ngoma
noun
ngoma is spelled N-G-O-M-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ngoma means “A large social dancing event in parts of Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ngoma is ngomas.
How many letters and syllables are in ngoma?
| Letters | 5: N-G-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st 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; 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 ngoma?
Ngoma appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
What rhymes with ngoma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ngoma.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: among, mango.
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 ngoma
- ngomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ngoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ngoma come from?
Borrowed from Swahili ngoma (“dance”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).