pengo
noun
pengo is spelled P-E-N-G-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pengo means “Alternative spelling of pengő” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pengo is pengős or pengos.
How many letters and syllables are in pengo?
| Letters | 5: P-E-N-G-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st 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 pengo?
Pengo appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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 pengo?
Pengo 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).
What rhymes with pengo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pengo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ponge.
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 pengo
- pengős plural
- pengos plural
- pengoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pengo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of pengő.
noun
- 1
The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pengo come from?
From Hungarian pengő.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).