remora
re·mo·ra/ɹiˈmɔɹə/noun
remora is spelled R-E-M-O-R-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables (re·mo·ra). It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, remora means “Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of remora is remorae or remoras.
How many letters and syllables are in remora?
| Letters | 6: R-E-M-O-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·mo·ra |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th 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; 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 remora?
Remora appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 remora?
- UK /ɹɪˈmɔːɹə/
- UK /ˈɹɛməɹə/
- US /ɹiˈmɔɹə/
Remora has 3 syllables, split re·mo·ra in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-remora.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with remora?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as remora from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roamer.
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 remora
- remorae plural
- remoras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does remora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
- 2
A serpent.
- 3
obsoleteA delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
- 4
obsoleteA surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Remora in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense elongate fish from the family Echeneidae:
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 remora come from?
Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).