ayo
/ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/
"ayo" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ayo” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,225 in English word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #57,225
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A greeting.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ayo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ayo” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ayo is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,225 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
ayo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Combination of hey and yo. The correct English form is ayo, spelled A-Y-O.
Definition
- 1A greeting.
- 2Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate, perhaps sexually so.
Etymology
Combination of hey and yo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ayo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-Y-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.