nacre
/ˈneɪkəɹ/noun
nacre is spelled N-A-C-R-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nacre means “A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nacre is nacres.
How many letters and syllables are in nacre?
| Letters | 5: N-A-C-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th 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 nacre?
Nacre appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 nacre?
- UK /ˈneɪkə/
- US /ˈneɪkəɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-nacre.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nacre?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nacre from its last stressed vowel (/eɪkəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crane, rance, caner.
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 nacre
- nacres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nacre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
- 2
A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
adjective
- 1
Having an iridescence like that of nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
nacré ware
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nacre come from?
Borrowed from Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara, nagada, naqareh, and naker. Also present in nacarat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).