chasma
chas·ma/ˈkæzmə/noun
chasma is spelled C-H-A-S-M-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables (chas·ma). It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chasma means “A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chasma is chasmas or chasmata.
How many letters and syllables are in chasma?
| Letters | 6: C-H-A-S-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: chas·ma |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 chasma?
Chasma appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 chasma?
- UK /ˈkazmə/
- US /ˈkæzmə/
Chasma has 2 syllables, split chas·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chasma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chasma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as chasma (/æzmə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ascham.
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 chasma
- chasmas plural
- chasmata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chasma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System.
- 2
obsoleterareAn aurora.
- 3
obsoleteObsolete form of chasm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chasma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long, narrow, steep-sided depression:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chasma |
| German | Chasma |
| Portuguese | chasma |
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 chasma come from?
From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”), from Ancient Greek χᾰ́σκω (khắskō, “to gape, yawn”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan-, *gʰan- (“to gape, yawn”) + -σκω (-skō, inchoative suffix forming a present-tense word), from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti (suffix forming a durative or iterative imperfective verb); or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, yawn”)) + Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming an action or result noun)). Doublet of chasm. The obsolete “aurora”
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).