mako
/ˈmɑkoʊ/noun
mako is spelled M-A-K-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mako means “Ellipsis of mako shark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mako is makos.
How many letters and syllables are in mako?
| Letters | 4: M-A-K-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 mako?
Mako appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 mako?
- US /ˈmɑkoʊ/
- US /ˈmeɪkoʊ/
- UK /ˈmɑːkəʊ/
Mako 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-mako.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mako2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mako?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mako from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: amok, moka.
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 mako
- makos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mako mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of mako shark
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Maku (“Amazon peoples”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mako come from?
Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).