ord
/ˈɔːɹd/noun
ord is spelled O-R-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ord means “Abbreviation of order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ord is ords.
How many letters and syllables are in ord?
| Letters | 3: O-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th 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 ord?
Ord appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 ord?
- UK /ˈɔːd/
- US /ˈɔːɹd/
Ord 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ord.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ord?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ord from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rod, dor, dro.
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 ord
- ords plural
- orde
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ord mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of order.
- 2
Abbreviation of ordinance.
- 3
informalClipping of ordinary share.
- 4
UKA point.
- 5
UKA point of origin; a beginning.
- 6
UKA point of land; a promontory.
When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .
- 7
UKThe point or edge of a weapon.
Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. – Cursor Mundi.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes his service.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ord come from?
From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).