guido
/ˈɡwidoʊ/noun
guido is spelled G-U-I-D-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guido means “An Italian or (especially) Italian-American man, especially a stereotypical working-class or lower-class, usually urban-dwelling one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guido is guidos.
How many letters and syllables are in guido?
| Letters | 5: G-U-I-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd 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 guido?
Guido appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 guido?
- US /ˈɡwidoʊ/
- UK /ˈɡwiːdəʊ/
Guido 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). Recordings: En-au-guido.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with guido?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as guido from its last stressed vowel (/idoʊ/):
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 guido
- guidos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guido mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangAn Italian or (especially) Italian-American man, especially a stereotypical working-class or lower-class, usually urban-dwelling one.
- 2
USslangA guidance officer.
There were to be four Guidance Officers for Apollo 1. Two “Guidos” were to be on the console for launch phase and two for orbit phase.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of guido.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does guido come from?
From Italian Guido, a male given name. Doublet of Guido, Guy, and guy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).