folio
fo·lio/ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/noun, verb
folio is spelled F-O-L-I-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (fo·lio). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, folio means “A leaf of a book or manuscript” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of folio is folios.
How many letters and syllables are in folio?
| Letters | 5: F-O-L-I-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fo·lio |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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; 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 folio?
Folio appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 folio?
- UK /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/
- UK /ˈfəʊljəʊ/
- US /ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/
Folio has 2 syllables, split fo·lio in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-folio.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with folio?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as folio from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlioʊ/):
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 folio
- folios plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- folioing participle, present
- folioed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does folio mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- 2
A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- 3
A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- 4
A sheet of paper folded in half.
- 5
A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
- 6
A wrapper for loose papers.
- 7
A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- 8
A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
verb
- 1
To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate folio?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of folio: fo, fo., fol..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Folio in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense page number:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | folio |
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 folio come from?
From Middle English folio (“leaf of a book”), borrowed from Medieval Latin foliō, Late Latin foliō, Latin foliō, the ablative singular form of Late Latin folium (“leaf or sheet of paper”), Latin folium (“leaf of a plant”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”). Doublet of foil and folium, and distantly related to phyllo and phyllon. Senses 1, 2, 3.1, 5, and 6 relating to a leaf or page are derived from Medieval Latin foliō in references; sense 5 (“page in an account book”) may be derived from Italian foglio (“rectangular sheet of paper”), from Latin folium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).