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pyro

/ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/noun, adjective

pyro is spelled P-Y-R-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pyro means “A pyromaniac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pyro is pyros.

How many letters and syllables are in pyro?

Letters4: P-Y-R-O
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 pyro?

Pyro appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 pyro?

  • UK /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/
  • US /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/

Pyro 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)-Flame,_not_lame-pyro-.wav, En-au-pyro.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with pyro?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pyro from its last stressed vowel (/aɪɹoʊ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: opry, ropy, pory.

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 pyro

  • pyr-
  • pyros plural
  • more pyro comparative
  • most pyro superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does pyro mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    slangA pyromaniac.

  2. 2

    Pyrocellulose.

  3. 3

    informalA pyrotechnician.

  4. 4

    informalPyrotechnics.

  5. 5

    archaicPyrogallol, pyrogallic acid.

adjective

  1. 1

    slangPyromaniac, pyromaniacal.

  2. 2

    informalPyrotechnic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Pyro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpyro- (relating to fire)
Germanpyro- (relating to fire)
Portuguesepiro- (relating to fire)
Spanishpiro- (relating to fire), piro, piromaníaco (a pyromaniac)

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 pyro come from?

Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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