zar

/[ˈsaɾ]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,491

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

zar is aSpanishnoun. It means: Monarca imperial de Rusia (1547 a 1917), Bulgaria y Serbia. Pronounced [ˈsaɾ]. Often confused with ze and zi.

Key facts for zar
PropertyValue
Headwordzar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsaɾ]
Letters3
Frequency rank#16,491
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for zar is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,491 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Monarca imperial de Rusia (1547 a 1917), Bulgaria y Serbia.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for zar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ze", "zi", "zoo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is zar, spelled Z-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monarca imperial de Rusia (1547 a 1917), Bulgaria y Serbia.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #16,491 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zar"?
"zar" is spelled Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsaɾ].
What does "zar" mean?
As a noun, "zar" means: Monarca imperial de Rusia (1547 a 1917), Bulgaria y Serbia.
What words are commonly confused with "zar"?
"zar" is commonly confused with "ze", "zi", "zoo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zar" is [ˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zar" come from?
"zar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter Z in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.