polearm
/ˈpoʊlˌɑɹm/noun
polearm is spelled P-O-L-E-A-R-M: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polearm means “A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polearm is polearms.
How many letters and syllables are in polearm?
| Letters | 7: P-O-L-E-A-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 polearm?
Polearm appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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 polearm?
- US /ˈpoʊlˌɑɹm/
Polearm 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-polearm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with polearm?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as polearm (/oʊlɑɹm/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pleroma.
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 polearm
- polearms plural
- pole arm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polearm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polearm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense close-combat weapon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arme d'hast |
| German | Stangenwaffe |
| Spanish | arma de asta, arma de pértiga, arma de pertigal |
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 polearm come from?
From pole + arm. The term is of modern provenance, not appearing until the late 1800s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).