sugar cane
noun
sugar cane is spelled S-U-G-A-R-C-A-N-E: 9 letters. As a noun, sugar cane means “A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sugar cane is sugar canes or sugar-canes.
How many letters and syllables are in sugar cane?
| Letters | 9: S-U-G-A-R-C-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How do you pronounce sugar cane?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sugar_cane.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sugar cane
Also written: sugarcane (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sugar cane
- sugar canes plural
- sugar-cane
- sugarcane
- sugar-canes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sugar cane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.
- 2
A candy cane, an edible candy in the shape of a cane.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of sugar cane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sugar cane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | canne à sucre |
| German | Zuckerrohr |
| Portuguese | cana-de-açúcar |
| Spanish | caña de azúcar |
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.