pampas
/ˈpampəs/noun
pampas is spelled P-A-M-P-A-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pampas means “The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pampas?
| Letters | 6: P-A-M-P-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is pampas?
Pampas appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th 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 pampas?
- UK /ˈpampəs/
Pampas has 2 syllables (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-pampas.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pampas
- pampa singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pampas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.
[…] that the pampa is above all, fit for the cereals. […] that is to say, on plains without trees analogous to our pampas, as also the maize on the savannahs which are the pampas of Louisiana, […] the soil of the pampa is "excessively ferti
noun
- 1
Alternative form of pampas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pampas in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the grasslands of South America:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Pampa |
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 pampas come from?
From (plural of) American Spanish pampa, from Quechua pampa (“land, ground”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).