# pilar

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #36,284

## Definitions
1. Relating to hair.
2. Covered in hair; hairy.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (“a hair”) + -ar.

## Easily confused with
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pla)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pir)
- **play** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-play)
- **plan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-plan)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pile)
- **pill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pill)
- **Pisa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pisa)
- **plat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-plat)
- **pita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pita)
- **Pima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pima)
- **pilot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pilot)
- **pills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pills)
- **polar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-polar)
- **piper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-piper)
- **piles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-piles)
- **piled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-piled)
- **Pixar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pixar)
- **pillar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pillar)
- **poplar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-poplar)
- **Pilate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pilar-vs-pilate)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iplar`, `pialr`, `pilarr`, `pilra`, `pliar`, `ppilar`

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