eros
/ˈɛɹ.ɑs/noun
eros is spelled E-R-O-S: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eros means “A winged figure of a child representing love or its power” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eros is erotes.
How many letters and syllables are in eros?
| Letters | 4: E-R-O-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th 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 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 eros?
Eros appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 eros?
- UK /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/
- US /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/
- US /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/
Eros 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)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-eros.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eros?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as eros (/ɛɹɑs/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rose, sore, orse.
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 eros
- erotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eros mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
- 2
Physical love; sexual desire.
- 3
a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
- 4
libido
- 5
collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.
noun
- 1
plural of ERO
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does eros come from?
From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).