polio
po·lio/ˈpoʊlioʊ/noun
polio is spelled P-O-L-I-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (po·lio). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polio means “Abbreviation of poliomyelitis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polio is polios.
How many letters and syllables are in polio?
| Letters | 5: P-O-L-I-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: po·lio |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th 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; 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 polio?
Polio appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 polio?
- UK /ˈpəʊljəʊ/
- US /ˈpoʊlioʊ/
- US /-ljoʊ/
Polio has 2 syllables, split po·lio in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-polio.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with polio?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as polio from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlioʊ/):
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 polio
- polios plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polio mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
- 2
informalA person who has poliomyelitis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does polio come from?
First element of polio(myelitis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).