alm
/ɑm/nounnonstandard
alm is spelled A-L-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, alm means “Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alm is alms.
How many letters and syllables are in alm?
| Letters | 3: A-L-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 alm?
Alm appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 alm?
- /ɑːm/
- US /ɑm/
- US /ɑlm/
Alm has one syllable (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).
Words people confuse with alm
Sounds like: arm (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with alm?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as alm from its last stressed vowel (/ɑm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mal, lam.
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 alm
- alms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
nonstandardSomething given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms.
noun
- 1
Initialism of application lifecycle management.
- 2
Initialism of asset and liability management.
- 3
Initialism of audiolingual method.
phrase
- 1
USInitialism of all lives matter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense application lifecycle management (initialism):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | AM |
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 alm come from?
Back-formation from alms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).