nemo
/ˈniːmoʊ/adjective
nemo is spelled N-E-M-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nemo means “Acronym of not emanating from main office, i.e. broadcast from some remote location instead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nemo?
| Letters | 4: N-E-M-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd 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 nemo?
Nemo appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 nemo?
- /ˈniːmoʊ/
Nemo 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: En-us-Nemo.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nemo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nemo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: omen, nome, mone, meon.
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).
What does nemo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
datedAcronym of not emanating from main office, i.e. broadcast from some remote location instead.
noun
- 1
Initialism of NF-kappa-B essential modulator.
NEMO deficiency syndrome
noun
- 1
informalA clownfish
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nemo come from?
From Latin nemo. The "clownfish" meaning comes from the film Finding Nemo, where Nemo is a clownfish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).