spore
/spoɹ/noun, verb
spore is spelled S-P-O-R-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spore means “A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spore is spores.
How many letters and syllables are in spore?
| Letters | 5: S-P-O-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is spore?
Spore appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 spore?
- UK /spɔː(ɹ)/
- US /spoɹ/
- Australia /spoː(ɹ)/
Spore 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spore.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with spore
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with spore?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spore from its last stressed vowel (/oɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prose, ropes, poser, soper, preso.
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 spore
- spores plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sporing participle, present
- spored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spore mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
- 2
A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
verb
- 1
To produce spores.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spore in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reproductive particle:
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 spore come from?
From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).