colorado
noun
colorado is spelled C-O-L-O-R-A-D-O: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Colorado, the name). As a noun, colorado means “A cigar of medium color and strength” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of colorado is colorados.
How many letters and syllables are in colorado?
| Letters | 8: C-O-L-O-R-A-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 29 times per million words; the 3,218th 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 colorado?
Colorado appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Colorado, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce colorado?
- US
Colorado has 4 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-colorado.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of colorado
- colorados plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does colorado mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cigar of medium color and strength.
- 2
A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does colorado come from?
Borrowed from Spanish colorado.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).