petar
"petar" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“petar” is uncommon English (frequency #69,329 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,329
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete form of petard.
Corpus desk
Index EN-petar · petar · English
petar · rank #69,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,329
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Perlmutter
Nearest frequency peer: Perlmutter (-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 “petar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- peppercorn
peppercorn
30,677 corpus weight
- perfumery
perfumery
30,674 corpus weight
- Perlmutter
Perlmutter
30,673 corpus weight
- petar
petar
30,672 corpus weight
- Pharisee
Pharisee
30,669 corpus weight
- photobook
photobook
30,666 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “petar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “petar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
petar is uncommon English at frequency #69,329 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete form of petard.".
No misspelling variants are generated for petar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is petar, spelled P-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Obsolete form of petard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
hoist with his own petar
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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