joe
/d͡ʒoʊ/noun
joe is spelled J-O-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “jo vs joe” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, joe means “A male; a guy; a fellow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of joe is joes.
How many letters and syllables are in joe?
| Letters | 3: J-O-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 60 times per million words; the 1,724th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is joe?
Joe appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th 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 joe?
- UK /d͡ʒəʊ/
- US /d͡ʒoʊ/
Joe has one syllable (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-Joe.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-joe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with joe
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: jo.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with joe?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as joe from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):
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 joe
- joes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does joe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA male; a guy; a fellow.
I'm just an ordinary joe.
- 2
UKslangA spy, especially a double agent.
- 3
Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”).
- 4
USinformalCoffee.
- 5
ScotlandAlternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”).
noun
- 1
informalA male; a guy; a fellow.
I'm just an ordinary Joe.
- 2
archaicslangSynonym of Joe Miller (“an old joke”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Joe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 joe come from?
From the proper name Joe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).