nectar
nec·tar/ˈnɛk.təɹ/noun, verb
nectar is spelled N-E-C-T-A-R, 2 syllables: nec·tar. The wrong spelling people search most is nector: about 1,240 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 22 of all searches for the word. Nectar is a noun meaning “The drink of the gods”. The plural of nectar is nectars.
How many letters and syllables are in nectar?
| Letters | 6: N-E-C-T-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: nec·tar |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, nector, about 1,240 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell nectar?
Nectar is spelled N-E-C-T-A-R. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 22 of the searches for nectar in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is nectar?
Nectar appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 nectar?
- UK /ˈnɛk.tə/
- US /ˈnɛk.təɹ/
Nectar has 2 syllables, split nec·tar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nectar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nectar?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nectar from its last stressed vowel (/ɛktəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trance, canter, recant, carnet.
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 nectar
- nectars plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- nectaring participle, present
- nectared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nectar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The drink of the gods.
- 2
Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
- 3
The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
verb
- 1
To feed on nectar.
Nectaring is one of butterflies' favourite activities.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nectar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense drink of the gods:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nectar |
| German | Nektar |
| Portuguese | néctar, néctar dos deuses |
| Spanish | néctar |
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 nectar come from?
From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).