masanga
The verdict
“masanga” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bière congolaise à base de canne à sucre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-masanga · masanga · French
masanga · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masanga |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « masanga » en français
Rare enough to double-check
masanga is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for masanga in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is masanga, spelled M-A-S-A-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1Sorte de bière congolaise à base de canne à sucre.
- 2Espèce de mil cultivé dans l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how masanga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un peu plus loin, nous abordons pour boire un coup de masanga. Le masanga est une bière dont la base est la canne à sucre. Cette boisson est excellente quand elle est fraîche, mais ne se conserve pas. Au reste, dans les endroits où on la fabrique, on peut, chaque jour, s'en procurer de la nouvelle.
Les boissons comprennent l'eau que l'indigène puise à la rivière ou aux sources, le malafu ou vin de palme obtenu par l'incision du palmier, le masanga ou bière de canne à sucre obtenu par la réduction en pulpe de la canne à sucre dans le brassin et l'extraction du jus sucré par la presse à torsion, […].
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.