nor
/nɔɹ/conjunction, noun
nor is spelled N-O-R: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a conjunction, nor means “And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nor?
| Letters | 3: N-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 60 times per million words; the 1,724th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 nor?
Nor appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th 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 nor?
- UK /nɔː/
- US /nɔɹ/
Nor has one syllable (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-nor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nor
Sounds like: gnaw (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with nor?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nor from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ron, orn.
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 nor
- nors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
conjunction
- 1
And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
- 2
A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
I am neither hungry nor thirsty.
- 3
archaicNeither.
- 4
Used to introduce a further negative statement.
The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
- 5
UKThan.
He's no better nor you.
noun
- 1
A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.
0 NOR 0 is 1; 1 NOR anything is 0.
- 2
Acronym of nucleolus organiser region.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of NOR.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 nor come from?
From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).