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conjure

/ˈkɑn.d͡ʒɚ/verb, noun

conjure is spelled C-O-N-J-U-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, conjure means “To perform magic tricks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in conjure?

Letters7: C-O-N-J-U-R-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is conjure?

Conjure appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 conjure?

  • UK /ˈkʌn.d͡ʒə/
  • UK /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə/
  • US /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒɚ/

Conjure 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-conjure1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-VCcortex-conjure.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-conjure2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of conjure

  • conjures present, singular, he/she/it
  • conjuring participle, present
  • conjured participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does conjure mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To perform magic tricks.

    He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.

  2. 2

    To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

  3. 3

    archaicTo practice black magic.

  4. 4

    archaicTo enchant or bewitch.

  5. 5

    To evoke.

  6. 6

    To imagine or picture in the mind.

  7. 7

    archaicTo make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.

  8. 8

    obsoleteTo conspire or plot.

noun

  1. 1

    The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Conjure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanzaubern (to perform magic tricks), herbeirufen (to summon using supernatural power), hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören (to evoke), sich einbilden (to imagine or picture in the mind), bitten (to make an urgent request to; to appeal)
Portugueseevocar, invocar, convocar, conjurar (to summon using supernatural power)

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 conjure come from?

From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“to swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“to swear or take an oath”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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