lascar
/ˈlæskɚ/
"lascar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lascar” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lascar · lascar · English
lascar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lascar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlæskɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lascar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lascar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlæskɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lascar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari. The correct English form is lascar, spelled L-A-S-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
- 2A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
- 3Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
Etymology
From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.