sangoma
san·go·ma/sæŋˈɡoʊmə/noun
sangoma is spelled S-A-N-G-O-M-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables (san·go·ma). It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sangoma means “A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sangoma is sangomas.
How many letters and syllables are in sangoma?
| Letters | 7: S-A-N-G-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: san·go·ma |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 sangoma?
Sangoma appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 sangoma?
- UK /sæŋˈɡəʊmə/
- UK /-ˈɡɔː-/
- US /sæŋˈɡoʊmə/
Sangoma has 3 syllables, split san·go·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sangoma.mp3, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sangoma?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sangoma from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmə/):
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 sangoma
- sangomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sangoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sangoma come from?
Borrowed from Zulu isángoma (“diviner, witch doctor, sangoma”), possibly from i- + sa- (prefix meaning ‘of’) + íngoma (“dance song performed at a festival; hymn”). The English word is cognate with Afrikaans sangoma, Swazi sángoma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).