lascar
/ˈlæskɚ/noun
lascar is spelled L-A-S-C-A-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lascar means “A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lascar is lascars.
How many letters and syllables are in lascar?
| Letters | 6: L-A-S-C-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 lascar?
Lascar appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 lascar?
- US /ˈlæskɚ/
- UK /ˈlaskə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with lascar?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lascar from its last stressed vowel (/æskəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rascal, scalar, sacral.
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 lascar
- lascars plural
- lashkar
- laskar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lascar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
- 2
A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
- 3
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lascar come from?
From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).