snare
/snɛ(ə)ɹ/noun, verb
snare is spelled S-N-A-R-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snare means “A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snare is snares.
How many letters and syllables are in snare?
| Letters | 5: S-N-A-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th 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 snare?
Snare appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 snare?
- US /snɛ(ə)ɹ/
- UK /snɛə/
- Australia /sneː/
Snare 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). Recordings: En-us-snare.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snare?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snare from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹ/):
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 snare
- snares plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snaring participle, present
- snared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snare mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- 2
A mental or psychological trap.
- 3
A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- 4
A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- 5
A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- 6
A snare drum.
verb
- 1
To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
- 2
To ensnare.
- 3
To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum).
noun
- 1
Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snare in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | collet, piège , caisse claire |
| German | Schlinge, Falle |
| Portuguese | laço , caixa de guerra, caixa, tarol, tarola , armadilha |
| Spanish | lazo, cepo, orzuelo , caja , asechanza , bordón |
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 snare come from?
From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).