narco
/ˈnɑɹkoʊ/noun
narco is spelled N-A-R-C-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, narco means “Narcotics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of narco is narcos.
How many letters and syllables are in narco?
| Letters | 5: N-A-R-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th 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 narco?
Narco appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 narco?
- UK /ˈnɑːkəʊ/
- US /ˈnɑɹkoʊ/
Narco 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-narco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with narco?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as narco (/ɑɹkoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: acorn, caron, racon.
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 narco
- narcos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does narco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialNarcotics.
- 2
A Latin American drug baron, usually from Colombia or Mexico.
- 3
Acronym of narcotics control officer (“a police officer specializing in drug crimes”).
- 4
Someone suffering from narcolepsy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Narco in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 narco come from?
Clipping of narcotics. From narcotic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).