sulu
/sʊˈlu/noun
sulu is spelled S-U-L-U: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sulu means “An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sulu is sulus.
How many letters and syllables are in sulu?
| Letters | 4: S-U-L-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 sulu?
Sulu appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 sulu?
- /sʊˈlu/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sulu.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mlgc1998-Sulu.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sulu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sulu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ulus.
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 sulu
- sulus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sulu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
noun
- 1
A member of a prominent Moro tribe, occupying the Sulu Archipelago.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sulu come from?
From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 /苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).