kor
noun
kor is spelled K-O-R: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kor means “Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kor is kors.
How many letters and syllables are in kor?
| Letters | 3: K-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd 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; 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 kor?
Kor appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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).
Words people confuse with kor
Also written: cor.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with kor?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kor.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rok, ork.
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 kor
- kors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kor come from?
From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).