lizard
liz·ard/ˈlɪzəd/noun
lizard is spelled L-I-Z-A-R-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (liz·ard). It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lizard means “Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur–typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lizard is lizards.
How many letters and syllables are in lizard?
| Letters | 6: L-I-Z-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: liz·ard |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is lizard?
Lizard appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 lizard?
- British /ˈlɪzəd/
- British [ˈlɪzəd]
- /ˈləzəd/
Lizard has 2 syllables, split liz·ard in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lizard.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lizard
- lizards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lizard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur–typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
- 2
Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
- 3
colloquialAn unctuous person.
- 4
colloquialA coward.
- 5
A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- 6
A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman.
lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lizard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reptile:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lézard |
| German | Eidechse, Echse |
| Portuguese | lagarto |
| Spanish | lagarto, lagartija, chenca (tailless) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lizard come from?
From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).