jello
/ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/noun
jello is spelled J-E-L-L-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jello means “A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jello is jellos.
How many letters and syllables are in jello?
| Letters | 5: J-E-L-L-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 jello?
Jello appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 jello?
- US /ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/
- UK /ˈd͡ʒɛləʊ/
Jello 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jello.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jello?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jello from its last stressed vowel (/ɛloʊ/):
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 jello
- jellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jello mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
noun
- 1
A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jello come from?
Genericized trademark of the brand name Jell-O.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).