mazzard

noun

"mazzard" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mazzard” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mazzard · mazzard · English

mazzard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for mazzard
PropertyValue
Headwordmazzard
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mazzard” in English

mazzardranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mazzard is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mazzard, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Probably a variant of mazard. The correct English form is mazzard, spelled M-A-Z-Z-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mazzard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In California three rootstock species are in general use. From fairly reliable estimates, about 65 per cent of the cherries grown in the state are grafted on mazzard (Prunus avium); 30 per cent are on mahaleb (P. mahaleb); and 5 per cent on morello (P. cerasus).

Etymology

Probably a variant of mazard.

Synonyms

sweet cherrywild cherry

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mazzard"?
"mazzard" is spelled M-A-Z-Z-A-R-D.
What does "mazzard" mean?
As a noun, "mazzard" means: A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.
What is the origin of the word "mazzard"?
Probably a variant of mazard. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list