Noah
/ˈnoʊə/noun
Noah is spelled N-O-A-H: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Noah means “Clipping of Noah's ark; shark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Noah is Noahs.
How many letters and syllables are in Noah?
| Letters | 4: N-O-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 Noah?
Noah appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 Noah?
- UK /ˈnəʊə/
- US /ˈnoʊə/
- Australia /ˈnəʉə/
Noah 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: Noah.wav, En-au-Noah.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Noah?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Noah from its last stressed vowel (/oʊə/):
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 Noah
- Noahs plural
- Noe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Noah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaslangClipping of Noah's ark; shark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Noah come from?
Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang Noah's ark (“shark”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).