pajama

/pəˈd͡ʒæmə/

//pəˈd͡ʒæmə// noun

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"pajama" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pajama” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,699
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attributive form of pajamas.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pajama · pajama · English

pajama · rank #36,699 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,699
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ozzie

Nearest frequency peer: Ozzie (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “pajama”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “pajama” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pajama vs parma
67% similar
pajama vs palma
67% similar
pajama vs Panama
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pajama
PropertyValue
Headwordpajama
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pəˈd͡ʒæmə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,699
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pajama”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).pajamalands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Ozzie” (#36,698), “outlast” (#36,697), “Oder” (#36,694). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pajama” is #36,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pajama (IPA /pəˈd͡ʒæmə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,699 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pajama, with forms such as "apjama", "paajma", and "pajaam". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "parma", "palma", "Panama", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is pajama, spelled P-A-J-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attributive form of pajamas.
  2. 2
    A pair of pajamas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pajama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We were greeted by an old, pajama-clad man.
  2. Let's have a pajama party.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apjama
  • paajma
  • pajaam
  • pajamma
  • pajjama
  • pajmaa
  • pjaama
  • ppajama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pajama - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apjama2paajma2pajaam2pajamma1pajjama1pajmaa2pjaama2ppajama1
Edit distance from "pajama"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pajama"?
"pajama" is spelled P-A-J-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pəˈd͡ʒæmə/.
What does "pajama" mean?
As a noun, "pajama" means: Attributive form of pajamas.
What words are commonly confused with "pajama"?
"pajama" is commonly confused with "parma", "palma", "Panama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pajama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pajama" is /pəˈd͡ʒæmə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pajama" come from?
"pajama" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pajama", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pawnee#36,706nudist#36,691Pompeo#36,712potash#36,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

mumps8 variantsretiree8 variantsMcNeill8 variantssalter8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list