sare
obsolete
sare is spelled S-A-R-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sare means “dry, withered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sare?
| Letters | 4: S-A-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 sare?
Sare appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 sare?
Sare has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sare?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sare.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sear, rase.
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 sare
- sarer comparative
- sarest superlative
- sear
- more sare comparative
- most sare superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sare mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
UKarchaicdry, withered
Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
- 2
archaictender, rotten
- 3
archaicmelancholy, bad, severe.
adverb
- 1
UKarchaicmuch, very much, greatly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sare come from?
Variant of sear (“dry”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).