Filipino
/fɪlɪˈpinoʊ/noun, adjective
Filipino is spelled F-I-L-I-P-I-N-O: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Filipino means “A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Filipino is Filipinos.
How many letters and syllables are in Filipino?
| Letters | 8: F-I-L-I-P-I-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st 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 Filipino?
Filipino appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 Filipino?
- /filiˈpino/
- /piliˈpino/
- US /fɪlɪˈpinoʊ/
Filipino 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-ca-Filipino.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Filipino?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Filipino from its last stressed vowel (/inoʊ/):
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 Filipino
- Filipinos plural
- Philipino
- Philippino
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Filipino mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
- 2
Specifically the male equivalent of Filipina.
- 3
obsoleteA male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures.
- 2
Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Filipino in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Philippin, Philippine , philippin |
| German | Philippiner, Philippinerin , philippinisch |
| Portuguese | filipino |
| Spanish | filipino, filipina |
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.
Where does Filipino come from?
From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (“islander”) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).