neo
/ˈniːəʊ/noun
neo is spelled N-E-O: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Neo, the name). As a noun, neo means “Clipping of neofan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neo is neos.
How many letters and syllables are in neo?
| Letters | 3: N-E-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th 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 neo?
Neo appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Neo, 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 neo?
- /ˈniːəʊ/
Neo 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-neo-.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-neo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neo?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as neo from its last stressed vowel (/ioʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: one, eon.
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 neo
- neos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangClipping of neofan.
- 2
Clipping of neoconservative.
- 3
Clipping of neopronoun.
- 4
Clipping of neodymium.
- 5
Alternative letter-case form of NEO.
noun
- 1
Initialism of near-Earth object.
- 2
Acronym of new engine option.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense new:
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.