exam
/ɪɡˈzæm/noun, verb
exam is spelled E-X-A-M: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exam means “Clipping of examination, especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exam is exams.
How many letters and syllables are in exam?
| Letters | 4: E-X-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is exam?
Exam appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th 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 exam?
- /ɪɡˈzæm/
- /ɛɡˈzæm/
- /ɛkˈsam/
Exam 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: En-uk-an_exam.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exam
- exams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- examing participle, present
- examming participle, present, rare
- examed participle, past
- exammed participle, past, rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of examination, especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms.
verb
- 1
Shortened form of examine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).