# sorghum

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/ · frequency rank #35,945

## Definitions
1. A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
2. Sorghum syrup.

## Etymology
From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).

## Common misspellings (11)
`osrghum`, `sogrhum`, `sorgghum`, `sorghhum`, `sorghmu`, `sorghumm`, `sorguhm`, `sorhgum`, `sorrghum`, `sroghum`, `ssorghum`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sorghum