judo
/ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/noun
judo is spelled J-U-D-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, judo means “A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in judo?
| Letters | 4: J-U-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th 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 judo?
Judo appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 judo?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/
- US /ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/
Judo 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-judo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with judo?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as judo from its last stressed vowel (/udoʊ/):
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 judo
- jūdō
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does judo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.
He started doing judo at the age of eight.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of judo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Judo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese martial art:
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 judo come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).