parlor
/ˈpɑɹlɚ/noun, adjective
parlor is spelled P-A-R-L-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parlor means “The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parlor is parlors.
How many letters and syllables are in parlor?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-L-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 parlor?
Parlor appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 parlor?
- UK /ˈpɑːlə/
- US /ˈpɑɹlɚ/
- /ˈpaːlɔː/
Parlor 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-parlour.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parlor?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parlor from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹləɹ/):
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 parlor
- parlors plural
- parlour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parlor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
- 2
archaicThe apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
- 3
datedA comfortable room in a public house.
- 4
A covered open-air patio.
- 5
A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
tattoo parlor pizza parlor ice cream parlor
- 6
Ellipsis of beauty parlor.
- 7
A shed used for milking cattle; a milking parlor.
adjective
- 1
Used in or appropriate for a parlor.
Parlor painting.
- 2
Advocating something in a secluded place without actual involvement or action.
Parlor socialism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parlor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parloir, salon , salle de traite |
| German | Wohnzimmer, Salon , Empfangszimmer, Sprechzimmer, Stube |
| Spanish | sala, sala de estar |
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 parlor come from?
Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir. Displaced native Old English sprǣchūs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).