odor
/ˈoʊ.dɚ/noun
odor is spelled O-D-O-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, odor means “Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of odor is odors.
How many letters and syllables are in odor?
| Letters | 4: O-D-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th 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 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 odor?
Odor appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 odor?
- UK /ˈəʊ.də/
- US /ˈoʊ.dɚ/
Odor 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-us-odour.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with odor?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as odor from its last stressed vowel (/oʊdəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: door, rood, ordo.
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 odor
- odors plural
- odour UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does odor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAny smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- 2
USA strong, pervasive quality.
- 3
USEsteem.
- 4
USarchaicSomething which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Odor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume:
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 odor come from?
From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).