wazoo
/wɑˈzu/noun
wazoo is spelled W-A-Z-O-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wazoo means “The anus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wazoo is wazoos.
How many letters and syllables are in wazoo?
| Letters | 5: W-A-Z-O-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 wazoo?
Wazoo appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 wazoo?
- /wæˈzuː/
- /wəˈzuː/
- US /wɑˈzu/
Wazoo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wazoo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wazoo?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wazoo from its last stressed vowel (/u/):
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 wazoo
- wazoos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wazoo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangThe anus.
- 2
slangA horrible person; an arsehole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wazoo come from?
Possibly a variant of kazoo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).