boldo
/ˈboʊl(ˌ)doʊ/noun
boldo is spelled B-O-L-D-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boldo means “Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boldo is boldos.
How many letters and syllables are in boldo?
| Letters | 5: B-O-L-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 boldo?
Boldo appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 boldo?
- UK /ˈbəʊldəʊ/
- UK /ˈbɒldəʊ/
- US /ˈboʊl(ˌ)doʊ/
Boldo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with boldo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as boldo (/oʊldoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: blood.
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 boldo
- boldos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boldo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
- 2
The leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine (for example, prepared as a tea) for hepatic troubles and genitourinary inflammation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boldo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tree:
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 boldo come from?
From Spanish boldo, from Mapudungun foḻo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).