smore
/smɔː(ɹ)/obsolete
smore is spelled S-M-O-R-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, smore means “To smother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in smore?
| Letters | 5: S-M-O-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th 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; 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 smore?
Smore appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 smore?
- /smɔː(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-smore.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with smore?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as smore.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: morse, mores, moser, meros.
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 smore
- smores present, singular, he/she/it
- smoring participle, present
- smored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does smore mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo smother.
16th century, unknown writer, untitled ballad Loud, loud cried out the bonnie son, Stood at the nurse's knee, "Gie our your house, my mother dear," The reek is smoring me!"
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does smore come from?
See smoor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).