Kashmir
/ˈkæʃ.miɹ/noun
Kashmir is spelled K-A-S-H-M-I-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Kashmir means “Alternative form of Cashmere (“type of goat”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Kashmir is Kashmirs.
How many letters and syllables are in Kashmir?
| Letters | 7: K-A-S-H-M-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 Kashmir?
Kashmir appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 Kashmir?
- US /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/
- US /kæʃˈmiɹ/
Kashmir 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-us-Kashmir.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Kashmir
- Kashmirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Kashmir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Cashmere (“type of goat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).