molar
/ˈmoʊlɚ/noun, adjective
molar is spelled M-O-L-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, molar means “A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of molar is molars.
How many letters and syllables are in molar?
| Letters | 5: M-O-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 molar?
Molar appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 molar?
- UK /məʊlə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈmoʊlɚ/
- /moːlaː(ɾ)/
Molar has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-molar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with molar?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as molar from its last stressed vowel (/oʊləɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moral.
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 molar
- molars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does molar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
Jamie had a molar removed as it was decaying.
- 2
A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.
- 2
Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.
- 3
Of or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Molar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | molaire |
| German | Backenzahn , molar |
| Portuguese | dente molar, molar |
| Spanish | diente molar, molar, muela |
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 molar come from?
Inherited from Middle English molar, from Latin molāris (“millstone, molar”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).