tinamou
/ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/noun
tinamou is spelled T-I-N-A-M-O-U: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tinamou means “Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tinamou is tinamous.
How many letters and syllables are in tinamou?
| Letters | 7: T-I-N-A-M-O-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd 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 tinamou?
Tinamou appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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 tinamou?
- /ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tinamou.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tinamou?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tinamou.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: manitou.
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 tinamou
- tinamous plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tinamou mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tinamou in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird of the family Tinamidae:
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 tinamou come from?
Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na tinamú (“great tinamou”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).