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/ˌpiː ˈɛm/adverb

pm is spelled P-M: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 49 times per million words in written English, the 2,072nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, pm means “Alternative form of p.m” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in pm?

Letters2: P-M
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing49 times per million words; the 2,072nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 pm?

Pm appears 49 times per million words in written English, the 2,072nd 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 pm?

  • /ˌpiː ˈɛm/

Pm 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)-Persent101-PM.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with pm

Also written: p.m..

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of pm

  • p.m.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does pm mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of p.m..

noun

as PM
  1. 1

    Initialism of post mortem.

  2. 2

    Initialism of prime minister.

  3. 3

    Initialism of private message.

  4. 4

    Initialism of personal message.

    Send me a PM if interested.

  5. 5

    Initialism of price match.

  6. 6

    Initialism of project management.

  7. 7

    Initialism of project manager.

  8. 8

    Initialism of performance management.

verb

as PM
  1. 1

    To project manage.

  2. 2

    To send a private message to (someone).

    PM me if you want more information.

adverb

as PM
  1. 1

    Alternative form of p.m. (“after noon”).

    Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM

phrase

as PM
  1. 1

    Initialism of partially meet.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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