aloes
/ˈæ.loʊz/noun
aloes is spelled A-L-O-E-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aloes means “The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aloes?
| Letters | 5: A-L-O-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aloes?
Aloes appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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 aloes?
- US /ˈæ.loʊz/
- UK /ˈæ.ləʊz/
Aloes has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-aloes.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aloes?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aloes from its last stressed vowel (/æloʊz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does aloes mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour.
- 2
The wood of the agalloch.
- 3
plural of aloe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).