pajamas
pa·ja·mas/pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/noun
pajamas is spelled P-A-J-A-M-A-S: 7 letters and 3 syllables (pa·ja·mas). It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “pajamas vs pyjamas” about 320 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, pajamas means “Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pajamas?
| Letters | 7: P-A-J-A-M-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pa·ja·mas |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); 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).
How common is pajamas?
Pajamas appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 pajamas?
- /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/
- /pəˈd͡ʒæ.məz/
- /pəˈd͡ʒaː.məs/
Pajamas has 3 syllables, split pa·ja·mas in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pajamas.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pajamas
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: pajama, pyjamas.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pajamas
- pajama
- pyjamas
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pajamas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.
- 2
Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
- 3
slangThe coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pajamas in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in:
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 pajamas come from?
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā) / Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma)), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).