paco
/ˈpɑːkəʊ/noun
paco is spelled P-A-C-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Paco, the name). As a noun, paco means “An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paco is pacos or pacoes.
How many letters and syllables are in paco?
| Letters | 4: P-A-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th 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 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 paco?
Paco appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Paco, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce paco?
- /ˈpɑːkəʊ/
Paco 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-paco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with paco?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as paco.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: capo, acop.
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 paco
- pacos plural
- pacoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicAn alpaca.
- 2
An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does paco come from?
From Spanish paco.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).