# ajar

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈd͡ʒɑː/ · frequency rank #48,584

## Definitions
1. Slightly turned or opened.

## Etymology
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.

## Easily confused with
- **AR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ar)
- **AKA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-aka)
- **ana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ana)
- **ala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ala)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ava)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ama)
- **ASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-asa)
- **apa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-apa)
- **ara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ara)
- **ATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ata)
- **arr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-arr)
- **ayr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-ayr)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-amr)
- **aya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-aya)
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-awa)
- **asr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-asr)
- **ATR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-atr)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-away)
- **Alan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-alan)
- **Arab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-arab)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aajr`, `ajarr`, `ajjar`, `ajra`, `jaar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ajar