arvo
/ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/noun
arvo is spelled A-R-V-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arvo means “Afternoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arvo is arvos.
How many letters and syllables are in arvo?
| Letters | 4: A-R-V-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th 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 arvo?
Arvo appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 arvo?
- Australia /ˈɐː.vəʉ/
- UK /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/
Arvo 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: En-au-arvo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arvo?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as arvo from its last stressed vowel (/ɑvəʊ/, British pronunciation):
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 arvo
- arvos plural
- arvy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arvo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliainformalAfternoon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arvo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense afternoon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aprèm |
| German | Nachmittag |
| Portuguese | tardinha |
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 arvo come from?
Clipping of afternoon + -o (“colloquialising suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).