eggar
/ˈɛɡɚ/noun
eggar is spelled E-G-G-A-R: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eggar means “Any moth of the family Lasiocampidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eggar is eggars.
How many letters and syllables are in eggar?
| Letters | 5: E-G-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 eggar?
Eggar appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 eggar?
- US /ˈɛɡɚ/
- UK /ˈɛɡə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with eggar?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eggar from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɡəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: agger, gager.
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 eggar
- eggars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eggar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any moth of the family Lasiocampidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eggar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense moth:
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 eggar come from?
Alteration of egger, in reference to the shape of this moth's cocoon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).