endorse
/ɪnˈdoɹs/verb, noun
endorse is spelled E-N-D-O-R-S-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, endorse means “To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in endorse?
| Letters | 7: E-N-D-O-R-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 endorse?
Endorse appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 endorse?
- UK /ɪnˈdɔːs/
- US /ɪnˈdoɹs/
- US /ɛnˈdoɹs/
Endorse 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-endorse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with endorse?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as endorse from its last stressed vowel (/oɹs/):
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 endorse
- endorses present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- endorsing participle, present
- endorsed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does endorse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
The president endorsed John Smith as senator.
- 2
To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
- 3
UKTo give notice of something in a document.
The court endorsed his driving record with three penalty points for the drink-driving.
- 4
To report (a symptom); to describe.
noun
- 1
A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Endorse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soutenir, approuver , endosser |
| German | empfehlen, bestätigen, unterstützen |
| Portuguese | endossar, apoiar, subscrever, aprovar, avalizar |
| Spanish | secundar, respaldar, apoyar, avalar , endosar, endorsar |
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 endorse come from?
Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on the back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).