sard
/sɑː(ɹ)d/noun
sard is spelled S-A-R-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sard means “A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sard is sards.
How many letters and syllables are in sard?
| Letters | 4: S-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sard?
Sard appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 sard?
- /sɑː(ɹ)d/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sard?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sard.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ards, dars.
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 sard
- sards plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sarding participle, present
- sarded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
- 2
Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sard come from?
From Middle English sarde, borrowed from Old French sarde, from Latin sarda, sardius. Doublet of sardius.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).