ur
/ɝ/interjection, determiner, contraction
ur is spelled U-R: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, ur means “Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ur?
| Letters | 2: U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 ur?
Ur appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 ur?
- US /ɝ/
As a determiner (“Abbreviation of your”): /jɝ/.
Ur 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).
What rhymes with ur?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ur from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹ/):
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).
What does ur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.
noun
- 1
Initialism of underlying representation.
determiner
- 1
Abbreviation of your.
contraction
- 1
Abbreviation of you're (you are).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ur in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense forming words with the sense of 'primitive':
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | ur- |
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.