# Ringo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,657

## Definitions
1. A male given name.
2. A nickname for a drummer.

## Etymology
From ring + -o. From the stage name of one of the Beatles, Ringo Starr, actually named Richard Starkey, the drummer of the quartet. From ring, from the rings worn by Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey.

## Easily confused with
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rio)
- **rink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rink)
- **rung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rung)
- **Rong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rong)
- **rings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rings)
- **rinse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rinse)
- **Rizzo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rizzo)
- **rondo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringo-vs-rondo)
- **rig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rig-vs-ringo)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rin-vs-ringo)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ring-vs-ringo)
- **Rico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rico-vs-ringo)
- **rang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rang-vs-ringo)
- **reno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reno-vs-ringo)
- **rigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rigs-vs-ringo)
- **Riga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riga-vs-ringo)
- **rind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rind-vs-ringo)
- **Rina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rina-vs-ringo)
- **range** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ringo)
- **ridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridge-vs-ringo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`irngo`, `rigno`, `ringgo`, `rinngo`, `rinog`, `rnigo`, `rringo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ringo