# bard

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɑːd/ · frequency rank #18,490

## Definitions
1. A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
2. A poet.
3. A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.

## Etymology
(15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

## Easily confused with
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-br)
- **bd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bd)
- **bed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bed)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bay)
- **BID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bid)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bro)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bat)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bud)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bra)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bas)
- **bpd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bpd)
- **bod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bod)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bor)
- **BRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-brb)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-baz)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bri)
- **ber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-ber)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bur)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bru)
- **Bir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bard-vs-bir)

## Common misspellings (5)
`abrd`, `badr`, `bardd`, `barrd`, `bbard`

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