anglo
an·glo/ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/noun
anglo is spelled A-N-G-L-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (an·glo). It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anglo means “An English person or person of English ancestry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anglo is anglos.
How many letters and syllables are in anglo?
| Letters | 5: A-N-G-L-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: an·glo |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 anglo?
Anglo appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd 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 anglo?
- UK /ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/
- UK [ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯]
- UK /ˈæŋ.ɡlɵʊ̯/
Anglo has 2 syllables, split an·glo in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_anglo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anglo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as anglo (/æŋɡləʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: along, logan, longa, galon.
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).
Forms of anglo
- anglos plural
- anglo-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anglo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
- 2
AustraliainformalAn Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
- 3
nonstandardA British person or person of British ancestry.
- 4
CanadainformalAn English-speaking Quebecer.
- 5
USinformaloffensiveA North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
- 6
An anglo concertina.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of anglo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anglo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense prefix: relating to England, English, or the English:
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.
Where does anglo come from?
From Anglo-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).