allure
/əˈlʊɚ/noun, verb
allure is spelled A-L-L-U-R-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, allure means “The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of allure is allures.
How many letters and syllables are in allure?
| Letters | 6: A-L-L-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 allure?
Allure appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 allure?
- US /əˈlʊɚ/
- US /əˈlɚ/
- UK /əˈlʊə/
Allure 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)-Vealhurl-allure.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with allure?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as allure from its last stressed vowel (/ʊəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: laurel.
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 allure
- allures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- alluring participle, present
- allured participle, past
- alure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does allure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
- 2
datedGait; bearing.
Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
- 3
The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
verb
- 1
To entice; to attract.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Allure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | attirance |
| German | Verlockung, Reiz, Anziehungskraft , locken, verlocken |
| Portuguese | encanto, atrativo , atrair |
| Spanish | encanto, fascinación, atractivo, aliciente , atraer, cautivar |
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 allure come from?
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).