tard
"tard" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tard” is uncommon English (frequency #58,402 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,402
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person with mental retardation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tard · tard · English
tard · rank #58,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,402
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tannery
Nearest frequency peer: tannery (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “tard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Svoboda
Svoboda
41,603 corpus weight
- SWT
SWT
41,602 corpus weight
- tannery
tannery
41,600 corpus weight
- tard
tard
41,599 corpus weight
- Taryn
Taryn
41,598 corpus weight
- technic
technic
41,596 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tard is uncommon English at frequency #58,402 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tard in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Apheretic form of retard. The correct English form is tard, spelled T-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A person with mental retardation.
- 2A person who acts stupidly.
Etymology
Apheretic form of retard.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).