chemo
/ˈkimoʊ/noun, verb
chemo is spelled C-H-E-M-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chemo means “Clipping of chemotherapy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chemo is chemos.
How many letters and syllables are in chemo?
| Letters | 5: C-H-E-M-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th 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 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 chemo?
Chemo appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 chemo?
- UK /ˈkiːməʊ/
- US /ˈkimoʊ/
Chemo 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: En-us-chemo.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chemo?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chemo from its last stressed vowel (/imoʊ/):
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 chemo
- chemos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chemoing participle, present
- chemoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chemo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of chemotherapy.
verb
- 1
informalTo treat with chemotherapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chemo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.