pettah
noun
pettah is spelled P-E-T-T-A-H: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pettah means “A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pettah is pettahs.
How many letters and syllables are in pettah?
| Letters | 6: P-E-T-T-A-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 pettah?
Pettah appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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).
Forms of pettah
- pettahs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pettah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pettah come from?
Borrowed from Tamil பேட்டை (pēṭṭai, “extramural suburb”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).