zoar
zo·ar/ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/noun
zoar is spelled Z-O-A-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables (zo·ar). It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zoar means “A place of refuge; a sanctuary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zoar is zoars.
How many letters and syllables are in zoar?
| Letters | 4: Z-O-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: zo·ar |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 zoar?
Zoar appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 zoar?
- UK /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/
- US /ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/
Zoar has 2 syllables, split zo·ar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-zoar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with zoar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as zoar (/oʊɑɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roza.
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 zoar
- zoars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zoar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place of refuge; a sanctuary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zoar come from?
From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).