mayo
/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/noun
mayo is spelled M-A-Y-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mayo means “Clipping of mayonnaise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mayo is mayos.
How many letters and syllables are in mayo?
| Letters | 4: M-A-Y-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd 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 mayo?
Mayo appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 mayo?
- /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/
Mayo 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-mayo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mayo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mayo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moya.
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 mayo
- mayos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mayo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of mayonnaise.
Pass me the mayo, please.
- 2
derogatoryoffensiveA white person.
- 3
AustraliainformalExaggeration.
noun
- 1
A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mayo come from?
From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).