stylo
/staɪ.loʊ/noun, adjective
stylo is spelled S-T-Y-L-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stylo means “A stylographic pen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stylo is stylos.
How many letters and syllables are in stylo?
| Letters | 5: S-T-Y-L-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th 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; 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 stylo?
Stylo appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 stylo?
- UK /stʌɪ.lə(ʊ)/
- US /staɪ.loʊ/
- US /staɪ.lə/
Stylo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with stylo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as stylo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tosyl.
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 stylo
- stylos plural
- more stylo comparative
- most stylo superlative
- styli-
- styl-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stylo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stylographic pen.
- 2
Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.
adjective
- 1
informalStylish; fashionable.
We so stylo, they just vile-o / We speak Singlish, awmost English-lah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stylo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to the styloid process:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | estilo- |
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 stylo come from?
Clipping of stylographic pen, from stylo- + graphic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).