silo
/ˈsaɪloʊ/noun, verb
silo is spelled S-I-L-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, silo means “A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of silo is silos or siloes.
How many letters and syllables are in silo?
| Letters | 4: S-I-L-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th 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 silo?
Silo appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 silo?
- UK /ˈsaɪləʊ/
- US /ˈsaɪloʊ/
- Australia /ˈsɑe.ləʉ/
Silo 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: En-us-silo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with silo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as silo (/aɪloʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soil, siol.
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 silo
- silos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- siloes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- siloing participle, present
- siloed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does silo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
- 2
From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
- 3
An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
- 4
derogatoryinformalAn organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
- 5
derogatoryinformalA structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.
- 6
derogatoryslangA group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.
- 7
In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.
verb
- 1
To store in a silo.
- 2
To separate; to isolate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Silo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | silo |
| German | Silo, Kornspeicher , Raketensilo |
| Portuguese | silo |
| Spanish | silo |
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 silo come from?
From Spanish silo, of unclear origin. See Spanish silo for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).