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pram

UK /pɹæm/noun

pram is spelled P-R-A-M: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pram means “A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pram is prams.

How many letters and syllables are in pram?

Letters4: P-R-A-M
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
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 pram?

Pram appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 pram?

  • UK /pɹæm/

As a noun (“A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey…”): /pɹɑːm/.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pram.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pram_(boat).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with pram?

10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pram from its last stressed vowel (/æm/, British pronunciation):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: ramp, parm.

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 pram

  • prams plural
  • praam
  • prahm
  • prame

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

What does pram mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    CommonwealthIrelandUKA small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.

  2. 2

    CommonwealthIrelandUKcolloquialA pushchair; a buggy.

  3. 3

    CommonwealthIrelandUKA flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.

  4. 4

    CommonwealthIrelandUKA similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.

  5. 5

    CommonwealthIrelandUKA type of dinghy with a flat bow.

noun

as PRAM
  1. 1

    Acronym of parallel random-access machine.

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

Pram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germankinderwagen (nl), Kinderwagerl, Kinderwagen (perambulator), Prahm (flat-bottomed barge)
Frenchlandau (perambulator)
Portuguesecarrinho de bebé, carrinho de bebê (perambulator), chata (flat-bottomed barge)
Spanishcochecito [de bebé], carrito [de bebé], carriola, coche guagua (perambulator)

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 pram come from?

Clipping of perambulator.

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

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