ogre
/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/noun
ogre is spelled O-G-R-E: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ogre means “A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ogre is ogres.
How many letters and syllables are in ogre?
| Letters | 4: O-G-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th 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 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 ogre?
Ogre appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 ogre?
- UK /ˈəʊ.ɡə/
- US /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/
Ogre 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-ogre.ogg, En-au-ogre.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ogre?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ogre (/oʊɡəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gore, ergo, goer, rego.
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 ogre
- ogres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ogre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
- 2
A cruel person.
People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ogre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ogre |
| German | Oger, Menschenfresser , Unmensch, Brutalo, Grobian, Rüpel |
| Portuguese | ogro, ogre , brutamontes |
| Spanish | ogro |
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 ogre come from?
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).