almah
/ˈæl.mə/noun
almah is spelled A-L-M-A-H: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, almah means “An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of almah is almahs or awalim.
How many letters and syllables are in almah?
| Letters | 5: A-L-M-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th 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 almah?
Almah appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 almah?
- US /ˈæl.mə/
Almah has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with almah?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as almah (/ælmə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mahal, hamal, halma.
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 almah
- almahs plural
- awalim plural
- alma
- alme
- almeh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does almah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Almah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dancing-girl:
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 almah come from?
Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning ‘learned, knowledgeable’, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).