# Packard

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpækɚd/ · frequency rank #20,177

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A former brand of automobile (often associated with wealth and luxury in the 1920s through 1940s).

## Etymology
Genealogy websites offer three or four hypotheses about the surname; none is confirmed. (Ideas include possible cognation with packer or with Pickard; evidence for or against is not presented.) The automotive brand is from the surname, via the brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard.

## Easily confused with
- **packed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packard-vs-packed)
- **packer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packard-vs-packer)
- **Picard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packard-vs-picard)
- **placard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packard-vs-placard)
- **package** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/package-vs-packard)

## Common misspellings (11)
`apckard`, `pacakrd`, `pacckard`, `packadr`, `packardd`, `packarrd`, `packkard`, `packrad`, `pakcard`, `pcakard`, `ppackard`

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