fico
/ˈfaɪkəʊ/obsolete
fico is spelled F-I-C-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fico means “a fig; an insignificant trifle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fico is ficoes.
How many letters and syllables are in fico?
| Letters | 4: F-I-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd 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 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 fico?
Fico appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 fico?
- /ˈfaɪkəʊ/
Fico 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).
What rhymes with fico?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as fico.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: coif.
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).
What does fico mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaica fig; an insignificant trifle
- 2
archaica sign of contempt made with the fingers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fico come from?
From Italian fico (“a fig”), from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fig.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).