polo
/ˈpoʊloʊ/noun, verb, interjection
polo is spelled P-O-L-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polo means “A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polo is polos.
How many letters and syllables are in polo?
| Letters | 4: P-O-L-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 polo?
Polo appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 polo?
- US /ˈpoʊloʊ/
- UK /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/
- UK /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/
Polo 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-polo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with polo?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as polo from its last stressed vowel (/oʊloʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pool, loop.
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 polo
- polos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- poloing participle, present
- poloed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
- 2
The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
- 3
A polo shirt.
- 4
A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.
- 5
A dress shirt.
- 6
Synonym of pilaf.
verb
- 1
To play the game of polo.
- 2
To give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.
interjection
- 1
Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.
interjection
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Polo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ball game:
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 polo come from?
From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).