Boer
/bɔː/noun
Boer is spelled B-O-E-R: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Boer means “A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Boer is Boers.
How many letters and syllables are in Boer?
| Letters | 4: B-O-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 Boer?
Boer appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 Boer?
- UK /bɔː/
- UK /bəʊ.ə/
- UK /bʊə/
Boer has one syllable (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)-JutishMale-Boer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Boer
Sounds like: bore (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with Boer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Boer from its last stressed vowel (/ɔ/, British pronunciation):
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 Boer
- Boers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Boer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
- 2
A militant in the Boer War.
The British soldiers captured a Boer after the battle.
- 3
derogatoryoffensiveAn Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense South African of Dutch descent:
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 Boer come from?
From Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), from boer (“farmer”). Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).