Spaniard
/ˈspæn.jɚd/noun
Spaniard is spelled S-P-A-N-I-A-R-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Spaniard means “A person from Spain or of Spanish descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Spaniard is Spaniards.
How many letters and syllables are in Spaniard?
| Letters | 8: S-P-A-N-I-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th 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 Spaniard?
Spaniard appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 Spaniard?
- UK /ˈspæn.jəd/
- US /ˈspæn.jɚd/
Spaniard 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: En-us-Spaniard.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Spaniard?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Spaniard from its last stressed vowel (/ænjəɹd/):
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 Spaniard
- Spaniards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Spaniard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spaniard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense somebody from Spain:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Espagnol, Espagnole |
| German | Spanier, Spanierin |
| Portuguese | espanhol, espanhola |
| Spanish | español, española, españolete, españoleta, teul |
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 Spaniard come from?
From Middle English Spaignarde, from Old French Espaignard, from Espaigne. Equivalent to Spain + -ard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).