cisco
/ˈsɪskəʊ/noun
cisco is spelled C-I-S-C-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cisco means “Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cisco is ciscos or ciscoes.
How many letters and syllables are in cisco?
| Letters | 5: C-I-S-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cisco?
Cisco appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 cisco?
- UK /ˈsɪskəʊ/
Cisco 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-cisco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cisco
- ciscos plural
- ciscoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cisco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cisco come from?
From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).