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nullo

/ˈnʌ.loʊ/noun

nullo is spelled N-U-L-L-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nullo means “A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any tricks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nullo is nullos.

How many letters and syllables are in nullo?

Letters5: N-U-L-L-O
Syllables2 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is nullo?

Nullo appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 nullo?

  • UK /ˈnʌ.ləʊ/
  • US /ˈnʌ.loʊ/

Nullo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of nullo

  • nullos plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does nullo mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any tricks.

  2. 2

    One who has their genitals (and sometimes nipples) surgically removed (nullification) as a form of body modification.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does nullo come from?

From null + -o.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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