nao
/naʊ/noun
nao is spelled N-A-O: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Nao, the name). As a noun, nao means “A Spanish or Portuguese carrack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nao is naos.
How many letters and syllables are in nao?
| Letters | 3: N-A-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is nao?
Nao appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Nao, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nao?
- /naʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with nao
Sounds like: now (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of nao
- naos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nao mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareA Spanish or Portuguese carrack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nao come from?
Borrowed from Spanish nao.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).