mr
[ˈmɪstɚ]noun
mr is spelled M-R: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 490 times per million words in written English, the 194th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mr means “Abbreviation of millirem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mr?
| Letters | 2: M-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 490 times per million words; the 194th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is mr?
Mr appears 490 times per million words in written English, the 194th 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 mr?
- /ˈmɪstəɹ/
- UK [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
- US [ˈmɪstɚ]
Mr 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-uk-Mr.ogg, En-us-Mr.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-mr.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mr
Sounds like: mister (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does mr mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of millirem.
noun
- 1
BritishAbbreviation of Mister.
- 2
BritishAbbreviation of March.
noun
- 1
Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance image/imager/imaging”).
- 2
Initialism of modified release.
- 3
Initialism of mitral regurgitation.
- 4
Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor.
- 5
Initialism of mandatory release.
- 6
Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting.
- 7
USAcronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record.
- 8
Initialism of merge request.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of mentally retarded.
- 2
Initialism of magnetoresistive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mr in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abbreviation of mister:
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.