llama
/ˈlɑmə/noun
llama is spelled L-L-A-M-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “lama vs llama” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, llama means “A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of llama is llamas.
How many letters and syllables are in llama?
| Letters | 5: L-L-A-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is llama?
Llama appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 llama?
- UK /ˈlɑː.mə/
- US /ˈlɑmə/
- US /ˈjɑmə/
Llama 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-llama.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with llama
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: lama (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: lama.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with llama?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as llama from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmə/):
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 llama
- llamas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does llama mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
- 2
slangA firearm, especially a handgun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Llama in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama:
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 llama come from?
Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).