weirdo
/ˈwiɹ.doʊ/noun, adjective
weirdo is spelled W-E-I-R-D-O: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, weirdo means “A strange, odd, eccentric person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weirdo is weirdoes or weirdos.
How many letters and syllables are in weirdo?
| Letters | 6: W-E-I-R-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 weirdo?
Weirdo appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 weirdo?
- UK /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/
- US /ˈwiɹ.doʊ/
Weirdo 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: En-us-weirdo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with weirdo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as weirdo (/iɹdoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wordie.
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 weirdo
- weirdoes plural
- weirdos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weirdo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalA strange, odd, eccentric person.
- 2
derogatoryinformalAn insane, possibly dangerous person.
adjective
- 1
Weird.
noun
- 1
slangA superfan of American science-fiction author Andy Weir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Weirdo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense strange person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hurluberlu, loufoque, zarbi, zinzin |
| German | Exzentriker, Spinner |
| Portuguese | esquisito, esquisitoide |
| Spanish | excéntrico, bicho raro, rarito, anormal, subnormal |
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 weirdo come from?
From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).