noh
/noʊ/noun
noh is spelled N-O-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, noh means “A form of classical Japanese music drama” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in noh?
| Letters | 3: N-O-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 noh?
Noh appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd 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 noh?
- UK /nəʊ/
- US /noʊ/
Noh has one syllable (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-uk-no.ogg, En-us-no.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with noh
Sounds like: know, no (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with noh?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as noh from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hon.
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 noh
- nō
- nou
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does noh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of classical Japanese music drama.
noun
- 1
A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
- 2
datedrareAn individual play in this style.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noh.
noun
- 1
Initialism of notice of hearing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Noh 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 noh come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 能 (nō), from Middle Chinese 能 (nong, “talent, ability”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).