jato
noun
jato is spelled J-A-T-O: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jato means “An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jato is jatos.
How many letters and syllables are in jato?
| Letters | 4: J-A-T-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st 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 jato?
Jato appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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).
What rhymes with jato?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as jato.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: jota.
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 jato
- jatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jato mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
- 2
A takeoff assisted by such a unit
- 3
A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off
noun
- 1
Acronym of jet-assisted takeoff, a method of using booster rockets to allow heavily-loaded aircraft to lift off more quickly and use less runway length for takeoff.
- 2
One of the rockets used for the above purpose.
An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jato come from?
Initialism of jet-assisted takeoff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).