sitar
/ˈsɪtɑɹ/noun
sitar is spelled S-I-T-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sitar means “A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sitar is sitars.
How many letters and syllables are in sitar?
| Letters | 5: S-I-T-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,714th 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 sitar?
Sitar appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th 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 sitar?
- US /ˈsɪtɑɹ/
- US /sɪˈtɑɹ/
Sitar 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)-Sumxr-sitar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sitar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sitar (/ɪtɑɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stair, stria, astir, arist.
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 sitar
- sitars plural
- setar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sitar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sitar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense musical instrument:
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.
Where does sitar come from?
From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).