cigar
ci·gar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/noun
cigar is spelled C-I-G-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ci·gar). It appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cigar means “A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cigar is cigars.
How many letters and syllables are in cigar?
| Letters | 5: C-I-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ci·gar |
| In writing | 3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th 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; 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 cigar?
Cigar appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th 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 cigar?
- UK /sɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)/
- US /sɪˈɡɑɹ/
Cigar has 2 syllables, split ci·gar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cigar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cigar?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cigar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: craig.
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 cigar
- cigars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cigar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
- 2
slangThe penis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cigar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cigare |
| German | Zigarre, Glimmstängel |
| Portuguese | charuto |
| Spanish | cigarro, puro, (Americanism) sharuto, habano, veguero, tagarnina |
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 cigar come from?
From Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).