diazepam
/daɪˈæz.əˌpæm/noun
diazepam is spelled D-I-A-Z-E-P-A-M: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diazepam means “A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diazepam is diazepams.
How many letters and syllables are in diazepam?
| Letters | 8: D-I-A-Z-E-P-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 diazepam?
Diazepam appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 diazepam?
- UK /dʌɪˈaz.ɪ.pam/
- UK /dʌɪˈeɪ.zɪ.pam/
- US /daɪˈæz.əˌpæm/
Diazepam has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En_US_diazepam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with diazepam?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as diazepam from its last stressed vowel (/æzəpæm/):
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 diazepam
- diazepams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diazepam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diazepam in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense minor tranquillizer:
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.