Khmer
/kəˈmɛɹ/noun, adjective
Khmer is spelled K-H-M-E-R: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Khmer means “A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Khmer is Khmers.
How many letters and syllables are in Khmer?
| Letters | 5: K-H-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 Khmer?
Khmer appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 Khmer?
- US /kəˈmɛɹ/
- US /kəˈmaɪ/
- UK /kəˈmɛː/
Khmer has one syllable (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-ca-Khmer.ogg, En-uk-Khmer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Khmer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Khmer from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹ/):
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 Khmer
- Khmers plural
- more Khmer comparative
- most Khmer superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Khmer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Khmer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense language:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cambodgien, khmer |
| German | Kambodschanisch, Khmer-Sprache, Khmer |
| Portuguese | khmer, quemer, cambojano |
| Spanish | jemer, camboyano |
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 Khmer come from?
From the French romanization of Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).