lar
/lɑɹ/noun, particle
lar is spelled L-A-R: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lar means “A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lar is lars or lares.
How many letters and syllables are in lar?
| Letters | 3: L-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 lar?
Lar appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 lar?
- UK /lɑː/
- US /lɑɹ/
Lar 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-lar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lar
Also written: lars.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lar?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹ/):
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 lar
- lars plural
- lares plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
- 2
A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
- 3
An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of liquid argon (“a liquid composed of the liquid phase of molecular (atomic) argon (Ar)”).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of LAr (liquid argon)
- 2
Abbreviation of low anterior resection.
noun
- 1
singular of Lares.
particle
- 1
Alternative spelling of lah.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lar come from?
Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).