pur
noun, verb
pur is spelled P-U-R: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pur means “Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pur is purs.
How many letters and syllables are in pur?
| Letters | 3: P-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 pur?
Pur appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 pur?
Pur 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).
What rhymes with pur?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pur.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: urp.
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 pur
- purs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- purring participle, present
- purred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedDated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
noun
- 1
Initialism of polyurethane.
- 2
Initialism of person using radio.
verb
- 1
datedDated form of purr.
a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pur come from?
From Middle English pur-, from Anglo-Norman pur- (compare modern French pour), from Latin prō- (“forward direction, forward movement”). Doublet of pro-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).