sorgho

Questions about sorgho

What does sorgho mean?

sorgho means "any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup".

How many syllables are in sorgho?

sorgho has 2 syllables and divides as sorg-ho under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sorgho?

Close synonyms include sorgo, sweet sorghum, sugar sorghum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sorgho a common word?

sorgho is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.