pard
/ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/noun
pard is spelled P-A-R-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pard means “Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pard is pards.
How many letters and syllables are in pard?
| Letters | 4: P-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pard?
Pard appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 pard?
- /ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pard?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pard.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: drap, prad.
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 pard
- pards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialPartner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation
- 2
archaicA leopard; a panther.
noun
- 1
Acronym of periodic and random deviations, a form of electrical noise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pard come from?
From pardner (“partner”), by shortening.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).