Eleazar

Name: Eleazar, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ɛliˈeɪzə/

//ɛliˈeɪzə// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Eleazar” is uncommon English (frequency #62,119 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,119
frequency rank, English: 18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Aaron.

Key facts for Eleazar
Property	Value
Headword	Eleazar
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	/ɛliˈeɪzə/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#62,119
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Eleazar” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Eleazar lands here:

#62,119

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eleazar is uncommon English at frequency #62,119 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɛliˈeɪzə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Eleazar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus. The correct English form is Eleazar, spelled E-L-E-A-Z-A-R.

Definition

1
Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Aaron.
2
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.

This word in other languages

Eleazar(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eleazar"?

"Eleazar" is spelled E-L-E-A-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛliˈeɪzə/.

What does "Eleazar" mean?

As a proper noun, "Eleazar" means: Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Aaron.

How do you pronounce "Eleazar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eleazar" is /ɛliˈeɪzə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Eleazar"?

Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Eleazar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is E-L-E-A-Z-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ɛliˈeɪzə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.