sugarcane
noun
sugarcane is spelled S-U-G-A-R-C-A-N-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sugarcane means “Alternative form of sugar cane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sugarcane is sugarcanes.
How many letters and syllables are in sugarcane?
| Letters | 9: S-U-G-A-R-C-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sugarcane?
Sugarcane appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 sugarcane?
Sugarcane has 3 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).
Words people confuse with sugarcane
Also written: sugar-cane (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sugarcane
- sugarcanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sugarcane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of sugar cane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).