memo
/ˈmɛmoʊ̯/noun, verb
memo is spelled M-E-M-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, memo means “A short note; a memorandum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of memo is memos.
How many letters and syllables are in memo?
| Letters | 4: M-E-M-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd 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 memo?
Memo appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd 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 memo?
- UK /ˈmɛməʊ̯/
- US /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/
- Australia /ˈmiːməʉ/
Memo 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-memo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with memo?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as memo from its last stressed vowel (/ɛmoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mome.
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 memo
- memos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- memoing participle, present
- memoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does memo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short note; a memorandum.
- 2
A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.
verb
- 1
informalTo record something; to make a note of something.
- 2
informalTo send someone a note about something, for the record.
I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Memo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a short note:
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 memo come from?
Clipping of memorandum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).