sabo
verb, noun
sabo is spelled S-A-B-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, sabo means “To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sabo?
| Letters | 4: S-A-B-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 sabo?
Sabo appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 sabo?
Sabo 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).
What rhymes with sabo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sabo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soba, asbo, baso.
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 sabo
- sabos present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- saboes present, singular, he/she/it
- saboing participle, present
- saboed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sabo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
colloquialinformalTo get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.
noun
- 1
slangA saboteur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sabo come from?
Clipping of sabotage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).