regular
reg·u·lar/ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/adjective, noun
regular is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-R, 3 syllables: reg·u·lar. The wrong spelling people search most is regualr: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 109 of all searches for the word. Regular is an adjective meaning “Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular)”.
How many letters and syllables are in regular?
| Letters | 7: R-E-G-U-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: reg·u·lar |
| In writing | 89 times per million words; the 1,191st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, regualr, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell regular?
Regular is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-R. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 73 of the searches for regular in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is regular?
Regular appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st 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 regular?
- UK /ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/
- US /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/
- US [ˈɹɛɡjɪ̈lɚ]
Regular has 3 syllables, split reg·u·lar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-regular.wav, En-us-regular.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with regular?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as regular from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɡjələɹ/):
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 regular
- more regular comparative
- most regular superlative
- reg'lar
- reg
- reg.
- regulars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does regular mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
- 2
Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
- 3
Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
- 4
Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
- 5
Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
- 6
Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
- 7
archaicWell-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
- 8
Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
He made regular visits to go see his mother.
noun
- 1
A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
- 2
A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
- 3
A member of the armed forces or police force.
- 4
Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, Police Force or Civil Defence Force who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of national service.
- 5
A frequent customer, client or business partner.
This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
- 6
A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.
- 7
CanadaA coffee with one cream and one sugar.
- 8
Anything that is normal or standard.
adverb
- 1
archaicnonstandardRegularly, on a regular basis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate regular?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of regular: reg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Regular in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | régulier , en ordre , habitué, habituée, habitués, habituées |
| German | Stammgast , regulär, regelmäßig, Gleichmäßig , normal, gewöhnlich |
| Portuguese | regular |
| Spanish | parroquiano, casero, vecero, marchante , regular, eurítmico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does regular come from?
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).