sengi
sen·gi/ˈsɛŋɡi/noun
sengi is spelled S-E-N-G-I: 5 letters and 2 syllables (sen·gi). 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, sengi means “Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sengi is sengis.
How many letters and syllables are in sengi?
| Letters | 5: S-E-N-G-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sen·gi |
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 sengi?
Sengi 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 sengi?
- US /ˈsɛŋɡi/
As a noun (“A former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth…”): /ˈsɛŋɡi/, /-ɡiː/, /ˈsɛŋɡi/.
Sengi has 2 syllables, split sen·gi in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sengi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sengi?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sengi from its last stressed vowel (/ɛŋɡi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: singe.
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 sengi
- sengis plural
- senghi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sengi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.
- 2
A former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sengi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Any member of the order Macroscelidea:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | musaraigne à trompe |
| German | Rüsselspringer |
| Portuguese | macroscelídeo, musaranho-elefante |
| Spanish | musaraña elefante |
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 sengi come from?
Borrowed from Swahili sengi, probably from another Bantu language (compare Giryama sanje).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).