cedar
/ˈsi.dɚ/noun
cedar is spelled C-E-D-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cedar means “A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cedar is cedars.
How many letters and syllables are in cedar?
| Letters | 5: C-E-D-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 cedar?
Cedar appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th 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 cedar?
- UK /ˈsiː.də/
- US /ˈsi.dɚ/
Cedar has 2 syllables (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). Recordings: En-us-cedar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cedar?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cedar from its last stressed vowel (/idəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cadre.
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 cedar
- cedars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cedar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
- 2
A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
- 3
A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
- 4
The aromatic wood from a tree of genus Cedrus or from any of several not closely related trees.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cedar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cèdre |
| German | Zeder , Zypressengewächs , Zedernholz |
| Portuguese | cedro |
| Spanish | cedro |
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 cedar come from?
From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros). Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from Old English ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely. Possible doublet of citrus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).