pam
/pæm/noun, verb
pam is spelled P-A-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Pam, the name). As a noun, pam means “The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pam is pams.
How many letters and syllables are in pam?
| Letters | 3: P-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 pam?
Pam appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Pam, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pam?
- /pæm/
Pam has one syllable (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-pam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pam?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pam.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: map, amp.
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 pam
- pams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pamming participle, present
- pammed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
- 2
A card game, similar to napoleon, in which the jack of clubs is the highest trump.
- 3
USCooking spray.
- 4
datedA panorama.
- 5
datedAlternative form of palmo (“traditional Spanish and Portuguese units of measure”).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of power amplitude modulation.
- 2
Initialism of pluggable authentication module.
- 3
Initialism of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
- 4
Acronym of payload assist module.
- 5
Acronym of polycatenated architected material
verb
- 1
datedTo pan a camera in order to show a panorama.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pam come from?
Probably short for French Pamphile (“a given name”), special use of man's name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).