yar
/jɑɹ/verb, adjective
yar is spelled Y-A-R: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Yar, the name). As a verb, yar means “To snarl; to gnar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yar?
| Letters | 3: Y-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 yar?
Yar appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Yar, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yar?
- UK /jɑː/
- US /jɑɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yar?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ray, ayr, ary, rya.
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 yar
- yars present, singular, he/she/it
- yarring participle, present
- yarred participle, past
- yarr
- more yar comparative
- most yar superlative
- yarer comparative
- yarest superlative
- yare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To snarl; to gnar.
- 2
ScotlandTo growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
adjective
- 1
UKSour; brackish.
- 2
Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yar come from?
From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gerran (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).