# lidar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlaɪdɑɹ/ · frequency rank #44,307

## Definitions
1. The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.
2. A device that provides such imaging.

## Etymology
By anacronymic evolution from LIDAR.

## Easily confused with
- **Lisa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lisa)
- **lima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lima)
- **LIGA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-liga)
- **lids** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lids)
- **Lina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lina)
- **lila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lila)
- **lira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lira)
- **lido** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lido)
- **lipa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lipa)
- **liver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-liver)
- **Linda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-linda)
- **lunar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lunar)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-liner)
- **liter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-liter)
- **lilac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lilac)
- **linear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-linear)
- **lizard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lidar-vs-lizard)
- **lid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lid-vs-lidar)
- **lar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lar-vs-lidar)
- **liar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liar-vs-lidar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ildar`, `ldiar`, `liadr`, `lidarr`, `liddar`, `lidra`, `llidar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lidar