zar
"zar" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zar” is uncommon English (frequency #64,143 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,143
- frequency rank, English
- 265
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zar · zar · English
zar · rank #64,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,143
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 265
- PHOTO-FINISH yodel
Nearest frequency peer: yodel (-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 “zar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Yael
Yael
35,864 corpus weight
- yapping
yapping
35,863 corpus weight
- yeomanry
yeomanry
35,861 corpus weight
- yerba
yerba
35,860 corpus weight
- yodel
yodel
35,859 corpus weight
- zar
zar
35,858 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “zar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #64,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “zar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zar is uncommon English at frequency #64,143 among 265 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zar, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic زَار (zār). The correct English form is zar, spelled Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit.
Etymology
From Arabic زَار (zār).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).