Alabama
/ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/noun
Alabama is spelled A-L-A-B-A-M-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Alabama means “An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Alabama is Alabamas.
How many letters and syllables are in Alabama?
| Letters | 7: A-L-A-B-A-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th 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 Alabama?
Alabama appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th 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 Alabama?
- UK /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/
- US /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/
- US [ˌæl.əˈbɛəm.ə]
Alabama has 4 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)-Grendelkhan-Alabama.wav, En-us-Alabama.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Alabama.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Alabama?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Alabama from its last stressed vowel (/æmə/):
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 Alabama
- Alabamas plural
- Alabammer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Alabama mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
- 2
A member of these people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alabama in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tribe:
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 Alabama come from?
Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo, the name for a member of a people native to the area.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).