denim
/ˈdɛnəm/noun
denim is spelled D-E-N-I-M: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, denim means “A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of denim is denims.
How many letters and syllables are in denim?
| Letters | 5: D-E-N-I-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th 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 denim?
Denim appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 denim?
- UK /ˈdɛnɪm/
- US /ˈdɛnəm/
Denim has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-denim.wav, En_US_Denim.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Samuel_Muldoon_(Muldoonsamuel55)-denim.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with denim?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as denim from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnəm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mined, demin.
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 denim
- denims plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does denim mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Denim in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense textile with diagonal pattern:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | denim |
| German | Denim, Baumwolldrillich, Jeansgewebe, Jeansstoff, Kattun, Jeans- |
| Portuguese | jeans, ganga, brim |
| Spanish | mezclilla, tela tejana |
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 denim come from?
From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).