wenge

/ˈwɛnɡeɪ/noun

wenge is spelled W-E-N-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wenge means “A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in wenge?

Letters	5: W-E-N-G-E
Syllables	1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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 wenge?

Wenge appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce wenge?

/ˈwɛnɡeɪ/

Wenge has one syllable (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).

What does wenge mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii.
2
A reddish shade of brown associated with this wood.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Wenge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense tropical timber:

Language	Words
French	wenge
Spanish	wengué

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.