oligo
/ˈɑlɪɡoʊ/noun
oligo is spelled O-L-I-G-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oligo means “An oligonucleotide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oligo is oligos.
How many letters and syllables are in oligo?
| Letters | 5: O-L-I-G-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th 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 oligo?
Oligo appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 oligo?
- US /ˈɑlɪɡoʊ/
- UK /ˈɒlɪɡəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with oligo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as oligo (/ɑlɪɡoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: igloo.
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 oligo
- olig-
- oligos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oligo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An oligonucleotide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oligo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense few:
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 oligo come from?
Clipping of oligonucleotide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).