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liard

UK /ljɑː/noun

liard is spelled L-I-A-R-D: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Liard, the name). As a noun, liard means “A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liard is liards.

How many letters and syllables are in liard?

Letters5: L-I-A-R-D
In writingabout once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
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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 liard?

Liard appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Liard, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce liard?

  • UK /ljɑː/
  • UK /ljɑːd/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with liard?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as liard from its last stressed vowel (/ɑ/, British pronunciation):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: laird, lidar.

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 liard

  • liards plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does liard mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does liard come from?

From French liard, of unknown origin.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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