dolour
dol·our/ˈdoʊlɚ/noun
dolour is spelled D-O-L-O-U-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (dol·our). It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dolour means “Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dolour is dolours.
How many letters and syllables are in dolour?
| Letters | 6: D-O-L-O-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dol·our |
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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; 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 dolour?
Dolour appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 dolour?
- UK /ˈdɒlə/
- UK /ˈdəʊlə/
- US /ˈdoʊlɚ/
Dolour has 2 syllables, split dol·our in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dolour.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dolour2.wav, En-us-dolour.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dolour
Sounds like: dollar (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dolour?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dolour from its last stressed vowel (/oʊləɹ/):
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 dolour
- dolours plural
- dolor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dolour mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAnguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.
- 2
UKIn economics and utilitarianism: a unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dolour in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow – see also sorrow:
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.