Pocahontas
noun
Pocahontas is spelled P-O-C-A-H-O-N-T-A-S: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Pocahontas means “A Native American woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Pocahontas is Pocahontases.
How many letters and syllables are in Pocahontas?
| Letters | 10: P-O-C-A-H-O-N-T-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 Pocahontas?
Pocahontas appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 Pocahontas?
- US
Pocahontas has 4 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)-Flame,_not_lame-Pocahontas.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Pocahontas
- Pocahontases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Pocahontas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Native American woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Pocahontas come from?
After Pocahontas, whose name is a borrowing from Powhatan Pokachantesu (literally “she is playful”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).