Syllables    Rhymes    Quiz

afore

How many syllables in afore?

  2 syllables

Divide afore into syllables:   a-fore
Stressed syllable in afore:   a-fore
How to say afore:

Cite This Source

Bibliography Citations
MLA   |    APA   |   Chicago Manual Style
"afore." HowManySyllables.com. How Many Syllables, n.d. Web. 24 December 2025.

Learn a New Word

Wondering why afore is 2 syllables?   Contact Us!   We'll explain.

Syllable Rules

1.  What is a syllable?
2.  How to count syllables.
3.  How to divide into syllables.

More Grammar
Trending Words
Grammar Quiz
Is it then or than?

Take the Grammar Quiz

Syllables    Rhymes    Quiz

What rhymes with afore

1 syllable
  • boar
  • Bohr
  • chore
  • core
  • corr
  • dorr
  • flor
  • fore
  • glor
  • goar
  • hoar
  • laur
  • lor
  • mohr
  • mor
  • nor
  • or
  • ore
  • por
  • porr
  • roar
  • saur
  • shore
  • soar
  • spore
  • swore
  • tor
  • torr
  • whore
  • worf
  • your
  • Boer
  • bore
  • cor
  • corps
  • door
  • floor
  • for
  • four
  • glore
  • Gore
  • knorr
  • laure
  • lore
  • Moore
  • more
  • oar
  • or's
  • Orr
  • pore
  • pour
  • s'more
  • score
  • snore
  • sore
  • store
  • thor
  • tore
  • war
  • wore
  • yore
2 syllables
  • abhor
  • adore
  • as for
  • backdoor
  • bandore
  • bedsore
  • bezoar
  • bookstore
  • but for
  • candor
  • centaur
  • claymore
  • cold sore
  • condor
  • deplore
  • Dior
  • donor
  • drawer
  • Dutch door
  • ephor
  • eyesore
  • feoffor
  • Fillmore
  • flexor
  • footsore
  • fourscore
  • full-bore
  • galore
  • Glen More
  • goarish
  • gun for
  • hardcore
  • ichor
  • Igor
  • in for
  • indoor
  • inshore
  • Lahore
  • lector
  • lessor
  • livor
  • Luxor
  • mentor
  • nearshore
  • next-door
  • onshore
  • outpour
  • phosphor
  • postwar
  • psywar
  • rapport
  • raw score
  • rhetor
  • seafloor
  • sector
  • Senghor
  • senor
  • settlor
  • signor
  • soft-core
  • stentor
  • storm door
  • stressor
  • subfloor
  • Tagore
  • temblor
  • therefor
  • threescore
  • trapdoor
  • uproar
  • what's more
  • wild boar
  • z-score
  • ador
  • amour
  • ashore
  • bailor
  • Bangor
  • before
  • boarcite
  • box score
  • call for
  • captor
  • chain store
  • closed-door
  • cold store
  • decor
  • dime-store
  • done for
  • downpour
  • drugstore
  • encore
  • explore
  • fall for
  • fetor
  • first floor
  • folklore
  • foreshore
  • French door
  • Gabor
  • galores
  • go for
  • ground floor
  • hard-core
  • hog score
  • ignore
  • implore
  • in-store
  • Indore
  • Kotor
  • lakeshore
  • lee shore
  • line score
  • look for
  • memoir
  • Mysore
  • Nestor
  • offshore
  • outdoor
  • outscore
  • poreblind
  • prewar
  • rancor
  • raptor
  • restore
  • savior
  • seashore
  • seignior
  • senhor
  • sensor
  • Seymour
  • smoothbore
  • stand for
  • stertor
  • Strathmore
  • stridor
  • swear for
  • take for
  • tensor
  • therefore
  • Timor
  • turgor
  • vendor
  • wherefore
  • woodlore
3 syllables
6 syllables
    Let Teachers Teach™ Contest
    How could $250 help your students?

    Prize awarded to a teacher each month.
    $Read the contest rules and apply
    Fun Fact
    The opposite of déjà vu is
    jamais-vu.
    !Get more facts
    FAQ
    Does adding "ed"
    add a syllable?
    ?Learn Here
    Do You Know
    when to use
    Its and It's?
    Find Out Here

    Parents, Teachers, StudentsDo you have a grammar question?
    Need help finding a syllable count?
    Want to say thank you?

    Contact Us!