snore
/snoɹ/verb, noun
snore is spelled S-N-O-R-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, snore means “To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snore?
| Letters | 5: S-N-O-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd 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 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 snore?
Snore appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd 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 snore?
- UK /snɔː/
- US /snoɹ/
- /sno(ː)ɹ/
Snore 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). Recordings: En-us-snore.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snore?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snore from its last stressed vowel (/oɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rosen, noser, neros.
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 snore
- snores present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- snoring participle, present
- snored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snore mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
noun
- 1
The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
- 2
informalAn extremely boring person or event.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snore in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ronfler , ronflement |
| German | schnarchen , Schnarchen |
| Portuguese | roncar , ronco |
| Spanish | roncar , ronquido, jipío, jipido |
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 snore come from?
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).