parmesan
/ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/noun
parmesan is spelled P-A-R-M-E-S-A-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parmesan means “A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parmesan is parmesans.
How many letters and syllables are in parmesan?
| Letters | 8: P-A-R-M-E-S-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd 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 parmesan?
Parmesan appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 parmesan?
- UK /ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/
- UK /ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn/
- /ˈpɑː(ɹ).məˌzɑːn/
Parmesan has 3 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: En-au-parmesan.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parmesan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as parmesan (/ɑməzɑn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spearman.
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 parmesan
- parmesans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parmesan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.
- 2
A similar cheese produced elsewhere.
Most of the parmesan in our grocery store comes from Wisconsin.
- 3
slangMoney.
adjective
- 1
Of, from or relating to the city or province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- 2
Alternative form of parmesan (a kind of cheese).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parmesan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parmesan |
| German | Parmesan, Parmesankäse |
| Portuguese | parmesão , parmense |
| Spanish | parmesano |
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 parmesan come from?
Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructuring of Latin parmēnsis (from Latin Parma).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).