vicar
/ˈvɪkɚ/noun
vicar is spelled V-I-C-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vicar means “In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vicar is vicars.
How many letters and syllables are in vicar?
| Letters | 5: V-I-C-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 vicar?
Vicar appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 vicar?
- US /ˈvɪkɚ/
Vicar 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)-Vealhurl-vicar.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-vicar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vicar?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vicar from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkəɹ/):
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 vicar
- vicars plural
- vic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vicar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
Near-synonyms: priest, rector, curate
- 2
In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
- 3
A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
Near-synonyms: proxy, representative, agent
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate vicar?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of vicar: vic..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vicar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 vicar come from?
From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”). Doublet of vicarious. Displaced native Old English ġespelia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).