gazebo
/ɡəˈziːboʊ/noun
gazebo is spelled G-A-Z-E-B-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gazebo means “A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gazebo is gazebos or gazeboes.
How many letters and syllables are in gazebo?
| Letters | 6: G-A-Z-E-B-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th 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 gazebo?
Gazebo appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 gazebo?
- UK /ɡəˈziːbəʊ/
- US /ɡəˈziːboʊ/
Gazebo has 3 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-gazebo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gazebo?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gazebo from its last stressed vowel (/iboʊ/):
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 gazebo
- gazebos plural
- gazeboes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gazebo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
- 2
A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent
- 3
Irelandderogatorya gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gazebo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense roofed structure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gloriette, pavillon, kiosque, gazébo |
| German | Pavillon, Salettl, Laube, Gartenlaube |
| Portuguese | gazebo, coreto |
| Spanish | gazebo |
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 gazebo come from?
Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).