sherd
/ˈʃɝd/noun
sherd is spelled S-H-E-R-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sherd means “Alternative form of shard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sherd is sherds.
How many letters and syllables are in sherd?
| Letters | 5: S-H-E-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 sherd?
Sherd appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 sherd?
- UK /ˈʃɜːd/
- UK [ˈʃɜːd]
- US /ˈʃɝd/
Sherd has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sherd?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sherd from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shred.
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 sherd
- sherds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sherd mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedAlternative form of shard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).