malibu
/ˈmælɪbuː/noun
malibu is spelled M-A-L-I-B-U: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malibu means “A type of lightweight longboard known for its stability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malibu is malibus.
How many letters and syllables are in malibu?
| Letters | 6: M-A-L-I-B-U |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd 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 malibu?
Malibu appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 malibu?
- /ˈmælɪbuː/
Malibu has 3 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-Malibu.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with malibu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as malibu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: labium.
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 malibu
- malibus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malibu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of lightweight longboard known for its stability.
- 2
Ellipsis of Malibu bay breeze
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of Malibu bay breeze
- 2
Alternative form of malibu
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does malibu come from?
Named for the town of Malibu, where the boards were first made.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).