pemmican
/ˈpɛmɪkən/noun
pemmican is spelled P-E-M-M-I-C-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pemmican means “A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pemmican is pemmicans.
How many letters and syllables are in pemmican?
| Letters | 8: P-E-M-M-I-C-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is pemmican?
Pemmican appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 pemmican?
- /ˈpɛmɪkən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pemmican.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pemmican
- pemmicans plural
- pemican
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pemmican mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties.
- 2
archaicA speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pemmican in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense food mixture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pemmican |
| German | Pemmikan |
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 pemmican come from?
From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).