# scholar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskɒlə/ · frequency rank #7,606

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), equivalent to school + -ar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar.

## Easily confused with
- **solar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholar-vs-solar)
- **Scholes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholar-vs-scholes)
- **schooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholar-vs-schooler)
- **scholarly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholar-vs-scholarly)
- **scalar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalar-vs-scholar)

## Common misspellings (11)
`csholar`, `sccholar`, `schholar`, `schloar`, `schoalr`, `scholarr`, `schollar`, `scholra`, `scohlar`, `shcolar`, `sscholar`

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