laird
/lɛəɹd/noun, verb
laird is spelled L-A-I-R-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laird means “A feudal lord in Scottish contexts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laird is lairds.
How many letters and syllables are in laird?
| Letters | 5: L-A-I-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 laird?
Laird appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 laird?
- UK /lɛːd/
- US /lɛəɹd/
- /lerd/
Laird has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-laird.wav, En-us-laird.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with laird?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as laird (/ɛəɹd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lidar, liard.
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 laird
- lairds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lairding participle, present
- lairded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laird mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
- 2
ScotlandAn aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.
- 3
ScotlandA landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts.
verb
- 1
ScotlandChiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does laird come from?
The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).