ora
noun
ora is spelled O-R-A: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ora, the name). As a noun, ora means “A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ora is oras.
How many letters and syllables are in ora?
| Letters | 3: O-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 ora?
Ora appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ora, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ora?
Ora 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).
What rhymes with ora?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ora.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: oar, aro.
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 ora
- oras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.
- 2
plural of os (“anatomical opening”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ora come from?
Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).