keno
/ˈkiːnəʊ/noun
keno is spelled K-E-N-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, keno means “A gambling game, a variety of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in keno?
| Letters | 4: K-E-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 keno?
Keno appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd 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 keno?
- UK /ˈkiːnəʊ/
Keno 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-keno.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with keno
Sounds like: kino (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with keno?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as keno from its last stressed vowel (/inəʊ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: neko, onek.
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 keno
- keeno
- quino
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does keno mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A gambling game, a variety of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does keno come from?
From French quine, with reference to a set of five winning lottery numbers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).