zendo
/ˈzɛndəʊ/noun
zendo is spelled Z-E-N-D-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zendo means “A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zendo is zendos.
How many letters and syllables are in zendo?
| Letters | 5: Z-E-N-D-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd 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 zendo?
Zendo appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 zendo?
- /ˈzɛndəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-zendo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with zendo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as zendo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dozen, zoned.
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 zendo
- zendos plural
- zendō
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zendo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zendo come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 禅堂 (zendō).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).