kemono
ke·mo·no/kɛˈmoʊ.noʊ/noun
kemono is spelled K-E-M-O-N-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables (ke·mo·no). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kemono means “Clipping of kemonomimi: A Japanese or Japanese-style fictional anthropomorphic animal character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kemono is kemonos.
How many letters and syllables are in kemono?
| Letters | 6: K-E-M-O-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ke·mo·no |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th 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; 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 kemono?
Kemono appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 kemono?
- UK /kɛˈməʊ.nəʊ/
- US /kɛˈmoʊ.noʊ/
Kemono has 3 syllables, split ke·mo·no in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-kemono.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kemono?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kemono from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnoʊ/):
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 kemono
- kemonos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kemono mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of kemonomimi: A Japanese or Japanese-style fictional anthropomorphic animal character.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kemono come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 獣 (kemono, “beast”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).