# regard

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈɡɑːd/ · frequency rank #3,902

## Definitions
1. A steady look, a gaze.
2. One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
3. A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
4. The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.

## Etymology
From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Piecewise doublet of reward; compare also guard, ward, guardian, and so on.

## Easily confused with
- **reward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-reward)
- **remark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-remark)
- **retard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-retard)
- **repaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-repaid)
- **remand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-remand)
- **Renard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-renard)
- **regards** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-regards)
- **retards** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-retards)
- **regarded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-regarded)
- **read** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/read-vs-regard)
- **rear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rear-vs-regard)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-regard)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regan-vs-regard)
- **rebar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebar-vs-regard)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-regard)
- **regain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-regard)
- **reared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reared-vs-regard)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ergard`, `reagrd`, `regadr`, `regardd`, `regarrd`, `reggard`, `regrad`, `rgeard`, `rregard`

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