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Jemez

Je·mez/ˈheɪ.mɛz/adjective

Jemez is spelled J-E-M-E-Z: 5 letters and 2 syllables (Je·mez). It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Jemez means “Of or pertaining to the Jemez people, language, or culture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Jemez?

Letters5: J-E-M-E-Z
Syllables2: Je·mez
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is Jemez?

Jemez appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 Jemez?

  • /ˈheɪ.mɛz/
  • /ˈhɛ.mɛz/

Jemez has 2 syllables, split Je·mez in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-Jemez.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Jemez

  • Hemis
  • Hemish

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Jemez mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to the Jemez people, language, or culture.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Jemez come from?

From Spanish Jémez, from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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