ure
/-ʊə̯/noun, contraction
ure is spelled U-R-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ure means “Synonym of aurochs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ure is ures.
How many letters and syllables are in ure?
| Letters | 3: U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th 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 ure?
Ure appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 ure?
- UK /-ʊə̯/
- UK /-ɔː/
- UK /-ə/
Ure has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--ure.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ure?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ure.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rue.
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 ure
- ures present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- uring participle, present
- ured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareSynonym of aurochs.
- 2
obsoleteUse, practise, exercise.
...it maketh him practise simulation in other things, lest his hand should be out of ure
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
contraction
- 1
informalrareAbbreviation of you're (you are).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action noun:
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 ure come from?
From Middle French ure or its etymon Latin ūrus. Doublet of urus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).