gaur
/ˈɡaʊ.əɹ/noun
gaur is spelled G-A-U-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaur means “An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaur is gaurs.
How many letters and syllables are in gaur?
| Letters | 4: G-A-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 gaur?
Gaur appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 gaur?
- UK /ˈɡaʊ.ə/
- US /ˈɡaʊ.əɹ/
Gaur has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gaur.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gaur?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gaur from its last stressed vowel (/aʊəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: guar, ragu, ruga.
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 gaur
- gaurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gaur in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Bos gaurus:
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 gaur come from?
Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century. Doublet of gayal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).