jasmine
/ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/noun
jasmine is spelled J-A-S-M-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Jasmine, the name). As a noun, jasmine means “Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jasmine is jasmines.
How many letters and syllables are in jasmine?
| Letters | 7: J-A-S-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th 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 jasmine?
Jasmine appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Jasmine, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jasmine?
- /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
- /ˈd͡ʒæzmən/
Jasmine 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)-Vealhurl-jasmine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jasmine
- jasmines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jasmine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
- 2
The perfume obtained from these plants.
- 3
Any of several plants having a similar perfume, but mostly not in the same family.
- 4
A yellow colour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jasmine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of genus Jasminum:
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 jasmine come from?
Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).