paan
/pɑːn/noun
paan is spelled P-A-A-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paan means “A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paan is paans.
How many letters and syllables are in paan?
| Letters | 4: P-A-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is paan?
Paan appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th 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 paan?
- /pɑːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-paan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with paan
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with paan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as paan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: napa, apan.
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 paan
- paans plural
- pan
- pawn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Paan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense psychoactive preparation of betel leaf:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Betelbissen, Betelpriem |
| Portuguese | paan |
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 paan come from?
Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān). Possible doublet of fern via Proto-Indo-European *pornóm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).