arbor
/ˈɑɹbɚ/noun
arbor is spelled A-R-B-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arbor means “A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arbor is arbors or arbores.
How many letters and syllables are in arbor?
| Letters | 5: A-R-B-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th 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 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 arbor?
Arbor appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 arbor?
- UK /ˈɑːbə/
- US /ˈɑɹbɚ/
- Australia /ˈaːbə/
Arbor 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-arbor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arbor?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as arbor from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹbəɹ/):
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 arbor
- arbors plural
- arbores plural
- arbour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arbor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- 2
A grove of trees.
- 3
An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- 4
A bar for supporting cutting tools.
- 5
A spindle of a wheel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arbor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Laube, Gartenlaube , Hain, Gehölz, Baumgruppe, Wäldchen |
| Portuguese | pérgola, caramanchão , renque , mandril |
| Spanish | cenador, pérgola |
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 arbor come from?
From Middle English arbour, erbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbārium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The spelling was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).