palomino
/ˌpæləˈminoʊ/noun
palomino is spelled P-A-L-O-M-I-N-O: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, palomino means “A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of palomino is palominos.
How many letters and syllables are in palomino?
| Letters | 8: P-A-L-O-M-I-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 palomino?
Palomino appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 palomino?
- UK /ˌpæləˈmiːnəʊ/
- US /ˌpæləˈminoʊ/
Palomino has 4 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)-Wodencafe-palomino.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with palomino?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as palomino from its last stressed vowel (/inoʊ/):
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 palomino
- palominos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does palomino mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Palomino in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense horse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | palomino |
| Spanish | caballo palomino |
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 palomino come from?
Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).