bio
/ˈbaɪoʊ/noun, adjective
bio is spelled B-I-O: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bio means “Clipping of biography” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bio is bios.
How many letters and syllables are in bio?
| Letters | 3: B-I-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 bio?
Bio appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 bio?
- UK /ˈbaɪəʊ/
- US /ˈbaɪoʊ/
Bio has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bio.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bio-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bio?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bio from its last stressed vowel (/aɪoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boi, obi.
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 bio
- bios plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bio mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of biography.
- 2
A short section of a user profile that contains information about the user, especially one which can be customised; the about me section.
To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram.
- 3
A biographical sketch.
- 4
informalClipping of biology.
I've got a bio exam in the morning.
- 5
informalClipping of bioscope (“cinema”).
adjective
- 1
informalbiological.
a bio detergent
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of biology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bio in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense life:
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.