pragma
/ˈpɹæɡmə/noun
pragma is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pragma means “A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pragma is pragmas or pragmata.
How many letters and syllables are in pragma?
| Letters | 6: P-R-A-G-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 pragma?
Pragma appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 pragma?
- /ˈpɹæɡmə/
Pragma 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)-Vealhurl-pragma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pragma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pragma.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grampa.
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 pragma
- pragmas plural
- pragmata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pragma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.
This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about.
- 2
In early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific directive, to any recipient, and may specify that the HTTP response should not be cached.
- 3
A practical thing or action, as opposed to theory or belief (dogma).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pragma come from?
From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”). In the technical senses perhaps a back-formation from pragmatic or a clipping of pragmat used earlier in ALGOL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).