bor
noun
bor is spelled B-O-R: 3 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bor means “man (not used for children)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bor is bors.
How many letters and syllables are in bor?
| Letters | 3: B-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th 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 bor?
Bor appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 bor?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bor.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bro, rob, orb.
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 bor
- bors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
man (not used for children).
noun
- 1
Initialism of (member of) British other ranks.
- 2
Initialism of board of review.
- 3
Initialism of branchio-oto-renal syndrome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bor come from?
Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).