griot
/ˈɡɹi.oʊ/noun
griot is spelled G-R-I-O-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, griot means “A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of griot is griots.
How many letters and syllables are in griot?
| Letters | 5: G-R-I-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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; 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 griot?
Griot appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 griot?
- /ˈɡɹi.oʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with griot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as griot.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grito.
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 griot
- griots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does griot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
- 2
A Haitian dish of fried pork.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Griot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense West African storyteller, musician and poet:
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 griot come from?
Borrowed from French griot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).