jodo
noun
jodo is spelled J-O-D-O: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jodo means “A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jodo?
| Letters | 4: J-O-D-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th 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 jodo?
Jodo appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 jodo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as jodo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dojo.
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).
What does jodo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.
- 2
Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of jodo: any of various other pure lands.
Simple faith in Buddha's grace was all that one needed to cross this ocean of samsara to the Jodo or 'Pure Land'.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jodo come from?
A borrowing of Japanese 杖道 (jōdō, literally “way of the staff”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).