padam
pa·damnoun
padam is spelled P-A-D-A-M: 5 letters and 2 syllables (pa·dam). It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, padam means “In Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of padam is padams.
How many letters and syllables are in padam?
| Letters | 5: P-A-D-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pa·dam |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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 padam?
Padam appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 padam?
Padam has 2 syllables, split pa·dam in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with padam?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as padam.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: padma.
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 padam
- padams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does padam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does padam come from?
Probably borrowed from Tamil பதம் (patam).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).