scur
/skɝ/noun
scur is spelled S-C-U-R: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scur means “A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scur is scurs.
How many letters and syllables are in scur?
| Letters | 4: S-C-U-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th 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 scur?
Scur appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 scur?
- UK /skɜː/
- US /skɝ/
- /skʌr/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scur.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scur?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scur from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crus.
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 scur
- scurs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- scurring participle, present
- scurred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
verb
- 1
UKobsoleteTo move hastily; to scour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scur come from?
Compare scour (“to run”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).