pard
/ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/
"pard" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pard” is uncommon English (frequency #99,676 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,676
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A leopard; a panther.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pard · pard · English
pard · rank #99,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,676
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH parrying
Nearest frequency peer: parrying (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paramedical
paramedical
328 corpus weight
- paratha
paratha
327 corpus weight
- pard
pard
325 corpus weight
- parrying
parrying
324 corpus weight
- parsa
parsa
323 corpus weight
- partaken
partaken
322 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #99,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pard is uncommon English at frequency #99,676 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A leopard; a panther.".
pard has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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: From Middle English parde, from Old French, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard). The correct English form is pard, spelled P-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A leopard; a panther.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel …
Ten Brace, and more, of Greyhounds, snowy fair, And tall as Stags, ran loose, and cours'd around his Chair, A Match for Pards in flight, in grappling, for the Bear
Etymology
From Middle English parde, from Old French, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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