kano
/kɐˈnoʔ/noun
kano is spelled K-A-N-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Kano, the name). As a noun, kano means “A male American” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kano is kanos.
How many letters and syllables are in kano?
| Letters | 4: K-A-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 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 kano?
Kano appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Kano, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kano?
- /kɐˈnoʔ/
Kano 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: En-us-kano.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kano?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kano.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kona, koan, kaon.
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 kano
- kanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kano mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA male American.
- 2
slangA Western foreigner
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kano come from?
Borrowed from Tagalog Kano, initial clipping of Amerikano, ultimately from Spanish americano (“male American”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).