boyo
/ˈbɔɪ.oʊ/noun
boyo is spelled B-O-Y-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boyo means “A boy or lad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boyo is boyos.
How many letters and syllables are in boyo?
| Letters | 4: B-O-Y-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th 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; 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 boyo?
Boyo appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 boyo?
- UK /ˈbɔɪ.əʊ/
- US /ˈbɔɪ.oʊ/
Boyo 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boyo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boyo?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boyo from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yobo.
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 boyo
- boyos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boyo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandA boy or lad.
- 2
derogatoryA stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boyo come from?
From boy + -o.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).