square

Where “square” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
2. 2
   Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
3. 3
   Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
4. 4
   Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
5. 5
   Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
6. 6
   Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
7. 7
   An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
8. 8
   An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
9. 9
   An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
10. 10
    An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
11. 11
    The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
12. 12
    A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
13. 13
    A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
14. 14
    A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.
15. 15
    The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
16. 16
    The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
17. 17
    A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
18. 18
    A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
19. 19
    A mortarboard.
20. 20
    Ellipsis of square meal.
21. 21
    Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
22. 22
    The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
23. 23
    The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
24. 24
    The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
25. 25
    Cigarette.
26. 26
    A vat used for fermentation.
27. 27
    A well-defined torso.

Etymology

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra. Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

• qsuare
• sqaure
• sqquare
• squaer
• squarre
• squrae
• ssquare
• suqare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of square - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "square", not the corpus desk frequency band.