Javanese
/dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/noun
Javanese is spelled J-A-V-A-N-E-S-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Javanese means “A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Javanese?
| Letters | 8: J-A-V-A-N-E-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th 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 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 Javanese?
Javanese appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 Javanese?
- UK /dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/
Javanese has 3 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-us-Javanese.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Javanese?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Javanese from its last stressed vowel (/iz/, British pronunciation):
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).
What does Javanese mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
- 2
A cat of a certain domestic cat breed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Javanese in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person:
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 Javanese come from?
From Java + -n- + -ese.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).