lilo
/ˈlaɪləʊ/noun
lilo is spelled L-I-L-O: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lilo means “An inflatable air mattress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lilo is lilos.
How many letters and syllables are in lilo?
| Letters | 4: L-I-L-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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; 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 lilo?
Lilo appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 lilo?
- /ˈlaɪləʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lilo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lilo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lilo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: loli, illo.
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 lilo
- lilos plural
- li-lo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lilo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAn inflatable air mattress.
adjective
- 1
last in last out (see FIFO)
- 2
Acronym of left in, left out, a type of three-way road intersection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lilo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflatable air mattress:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | matelas pneumatique, matelas gonflable |
| German | Luftmatratze |
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 lilo come from?
From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "Li-Lo" (a sensational spelling of lie low).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).