shako
/ˈʃeɪkoʊ/noun
shako is spelled S-H-A-K-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shako means “A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shako is shakos or shakoes.
How many letters and syllables are in shako?
| Letters | 5: S-H-A-K-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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; 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 shako?
Shako appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 shako?
- UK /ˈʃeɪkəʊ/
- UK /ˈʃɑːkəʊ/
- US /ˈʃeɪkoʊ/
As a noun (“The squilla or mantis shrimp”): /ˈʃɑːkəʊ/, /ˈʃɑkoʊ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-shako.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shako.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shako?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shako from its last stressed vowel (/eɪkoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sokha, kosha.
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 shako
- shakos plural
- shakoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shako mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
- 2
UKA bearskin or busby.
- 3
The squilla or mantis shrimp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shako in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense military dress hat:
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 shako come from?
Borrowed from French shako, from Hungarian csákó (“cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to World War I”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).