lare
/leɹ/obsolete
lare is spelled L-A-R-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lare means “Lore; learning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lare is lares.
How many letters and syllables are in lare?
| Letters | 4: L-A-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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 lare?
Lare appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 lare?
- UK /lɛə/
- US /leɹ/
Lare 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).
What rhymes with lare?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lare (/eɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: real, earl, lear, rale.
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 lare
- lares present, singular, he/she/it
- laring participle, present
- lared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lare mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteLore; learning.
- 2
obsoletePasture; feed.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo feed; to fatten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lare come from?
See lore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).