gam
/ɡæm/noun, verb
gam is spelled G-A-M: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gam means “A person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gam is gams.
How many letters and syllables are in gam?
| Letters | 3: G-A-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th 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 gam?
Gam appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 gam?
- /ɡæm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gam?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gam.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mag.
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 gam
- gams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gamming participle, present
- gammed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangA person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg.
- 2
A group of whales, or rarely also of other large sea animals; a pod.
- 3
A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships).
verb
- 1
To pay a social visit on another ship at sea.
- 2
USTo engage in social intercourse anywhere.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of gynandromorph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gam come from?
From Italian gamba (“leg”). Doublet of gamb, gamba, jamb, and jambe. Compare gammon and ham.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).