tor
/toɹ/noun, adjective
tor is spelled T-O-R: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tor means “A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tor is tors.
How many letters and syllables are in tor?
| Letters | 3: T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 tor?
Tor appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th 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 tor?
- UK /tɔː/
- US /toɹ/
- Australia /toː/
Tor 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-au-tor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with tor
Sounds like: taw, tore, tour (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tor?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tor from its last stressed vowel (/oɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rot, tro, ort.
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 tor
- tors plural
- more tor comparative
- most tor superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
- 2
A hill with such rock formation.
noun
- 1
Initialism of terms of reference.
- 2
Initialism of transcript of records, an official record of a student's or graduate's academic achievements at the college or university level, including all courses taken, grades earned, and credits.
noun
- 1
Initialism of transcript of records.
- 2
Initialism of terms of reference.
- 3
Symbol for tons of refrigeration.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense outcrop of rock:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | risco |
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 tor come from?
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), of non-Indo-European origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).