fervor
/ˈfɝ.vɚ/noun
fervor is spelled F-E-R-V-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fervor means “An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fervor is fervors.
How many letters and syllables are in fervor?
| Letters | 6: F-E-R-V-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th 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 fervor?
Fervor appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 fervor?
- UK /ˈfɜːvə/
- British /ˈfəːvə/
- US /ˈfɝ.vɚ/
Fervor 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: En-us-fervor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fervor?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fervor from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹvəɹ/):
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 fervor
- fervors plural
- fervour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fervor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAn intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
- 2
USA passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
- 3
USHeat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fervor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ferveur |
| German | Inbrunst, Eifer, Begeisterung , Leidenschaft |
| Portuguese | fervor |
| Spanish | fervor, ardor, acaloramiento, apasionamiento |
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 fervor come from?
From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).