barm
/bɑɹm/obsolete
barm is spelled B-A-R-M: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, barm means “bosom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of barm is barms.
How many letters and syllables are in barm?
| Letters | 4: B-A-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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; 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 barm?
Barm appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 barm?
- UK /bɑːm/
- US /bɑɹm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-barm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with barm?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as barm from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹm/):
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 barm
- barms present, singular, he/she/it
- barming participle, present
- barmed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does barm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoletebosom
- 2
obsoletelap
- 3
obsoleteFoam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.
- 4
obsoleteA small, round, flat individual loaf or roll of bread.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo spurge; foam
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Barm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense foam rising upon beer, etc., when fermenting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mousse |
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 barm come from?
From Middle English barm, barme, berm, bearm, from Old English bearm (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with German Barm (“lap; bosom”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).