cohere
/koʊˈhɪɚ/verb
cohere is spelled C-O-H-E-R-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, cohere means “To stick together physically, by adhesion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cohere?
| Letters | 6: C-O-H-E-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd 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 cohere?
Cohere appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 cohere?
- UK /kəʊˈhɪə/
- US /koʊˈhɪɚ/
Cohere 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)-Vininn126-cohere.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cohere?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cohere from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹ/):
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 cohere
- coheres present, singular, he/she/it
- cohering participle, present
- cohered participle, past
- cohære rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cohere mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To stick together physically, by adhesion.
Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
- 2
To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.
- 3
To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cohere in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | s'attirer, attirer, se cohérer |
| German | aneinanderhaften, aneinanderkleben, binden, ein Ganzes bilden, eine Einheit bilden , in sich geschlossen sein |
| Spanish | cohesionar , ser coherente |
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 cohere come from?
Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).