pavane
/pəˈvɑːn/noun, verb
pavane is spelled P-A-V-A-N-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pavane means “A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pavane is pavanes.
How many letters and syllables are in pavane?
| Letters | 6: P-A-V-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pavane?
Pavane appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 pavane?
- US /pəˈvɑːn/
Pavane has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pavane.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pavane?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pavane from its last stressed vowel (/ɑn/):
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 pavane
- pavanes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pavan
- paven
- pavian
- pavin
- pavonne
- pavaning participle, present
- pavaned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pavane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- 2
A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter.
verb
- 1
rareTo dance the pavane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pavane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense musical style:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pavane |
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 pavane come from?
From French pavane, from dialectal Italian pavana, contraction of the older padovana, feminine of padovano, meaning from the city of Padua (Italian Padova, dialectal form Pava).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).