# chard

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃɑːd/ · frequency rank #41,042

## Definitions
1. An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
2. Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

## Etymology
From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.

## Easily confused with
- **CHR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chr)
- **chat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chat)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-cord)
- **clad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-clad)
- **Cher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-cher)
- **Chas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chas)
- **czar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-czar)
- **curd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-curd)
- **Chaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chaz)
- **Chau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chau)
- **child** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-child)
- **chart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chart)
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chase)
- **Clark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-clark)
- **charm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-charm)
- **Clara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-clara)
- **chord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chord)
- **Clare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-clare)
- **chats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chats)
- **chore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chard-vs-chore)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cahrd`, `cchard`, `chadr`, `chardd`, `charrd`, `chhard`, `chrad`, `hcard`

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