waldo
/ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/noun
waldo is spelled W-A-L-D-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Waldo, the name). As a noun, waldo means “Synonym of telefactor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of waldo is waldos or waldoes.
How many letters and syllables are in waldo?
| Letters | 5: W-A-L-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is waldo?
Waldo appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Waldo, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce waldo?
- /ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/
Waldo 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-waldo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waldo
- waldos plural
- waldoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waldo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of telefactor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does waldo come from?
From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).