charm
/t͡ʃɑɹm/noun, verb
charm is spelled C-H-A-R-M: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, charm means “An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of charm is charms.
How many letters and syllables are in charm?
| Letters | 5: C-H-A-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 charm?
Charm appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th 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 charm?
- UK /tʃɑːm/
- US /t͡ʃɑɹm/
Charm 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). Recordings: En-us-charm.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with charm?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as charm from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: march.
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 charm
- charms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- charming participle, present
- charmed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does charm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
a charm against evil
- 2
The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
He had great personal charm.
- 3
A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
- 4
A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
- 5
A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- 6
A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
- 7
An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
- 8
The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
- 9
A flock, group (especially of finches).
verb
- 1
To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
- 2
To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
- 3
To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
She led a charmed life.
- 4
obsoleterareTo make music upon.
- 5
To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Charm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fétiche, charme , breloque , charmer , ensorceler |
| German | Amulett, Zauber , Zauberarmband , bezaubern , Charme , Charm |
| Portuguese | fetiche, feitiço , amuleto , encantar , charme, encanto |
| Spanish | encanto , dije , encantar, prendar , hechizar |
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 charm come from?
From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, poison, charm”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).