scholar
/ˈskɑlɚ/noun
scholar is spelled S-C-H-O-L-A-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scholar means “A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scholar is scholars.
How many letters and syllables are in scholar?
| Letters | 7: S-C-H-O-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 scholar?
Scholar appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 scholar?
- UK /ˈskɒlə/
- US /ˈskɑlɚ/
Scholar has 2 syllables (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-scholar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scholar?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scholar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləɹ/):
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 scholar
- scholars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scholar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
- 2
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
- 3
A learned person; a bookman.
- 4
Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scholar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étudiant , expert, spécialiste , savant, érudit, intellectuel |
| German | Student, Schüler, Schülerin, Studentin , Gelehrter |
| Portuguese | bolsista, bolseiro, bolseira , erudito, especialista, acadêmico |
| Spanish | escolar , estudioso, docto |
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.