noo
/nuː/adverb, interjection, adjective
noo is spelled N-O-O: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, noo means “Now” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in noo?
| Letters | 3: N-O-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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; 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 noo?
Noo appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 noo?
- /nuː/
As an interjection (“Elongated form of no”): /nəʊ(ː)/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-noo.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-noo2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with noo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as noo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ono, oon.
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 noo
- nooo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does noo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
ScotlandNow.
interjection
- 1
Elongated form of no.
adjective
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of new, representing dialects with yod-dropping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does noo come from?
From Old English nū, Middle English nou, in dialects without the shift /uː/ → /aʊ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).