yobo
noun
yobo is spelled Y-O-B-O: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yobo means “Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yobo is yobos.
How many letters and syllables are in yobo?
| Letters | 4: Y-O-B-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 yobo?
Yobo appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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).
What rhymes with yobo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as yobo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boyo.
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 yobo
- yobos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yobo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).
- 2
A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.
- 3
A Korean person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yobo come from?
Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).