lear
/ˈlɪɹ/noun
lear is spelled L-E-A-R: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “lear vs leer” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, lear means “Something learned; a lesson” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lear is lears.
How many letters and syllables are in lear?
| Letters | 4: L-E-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lear?
Lear appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 lear?
- US /ˈlɪɹ/
- UK /ˈlɪə/
- Australia /ˈliə/
Lear has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with lear
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: lehr.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lear?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lear from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: real, earl, rale, lare.
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 lear
- lears plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- learing participle, present
- leared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lear mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandSomething learned; a lesson.
- 2
ScotlandLearning, lore; doctrine.
- 3
Alternative form of lehr.
verb
- 1
ScotlandarchaicTo teach.
- 2
archaicTo learn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lear come from?
From Middle English laire, leire, lere, northern Middle English variants of lore, loare (“doctrine, teaching, lore”), from Old English lār (“lore”). More at lore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).