psalm
/sɑm/noun, verb
psalm is spelled P-S-A-L-M: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psalm means “A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of psalm is psalms.
How many letters and syllables are in psalm?
| Letters | 5: P-S-A-L-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 psalm?
Psalm appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 psalm?
- UK /sɑːm/
- US /sɑm/
- US /sɑlm/
Psalm has one syllable (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: En-us-psalm.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with psalm?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as psalm from its last stressed vowel (/ɑm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: plasm.
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 psalm
- psalms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- psalming participle, present
- psalmed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psalm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
- 2
One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
verb
- 1
To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing
to psalm his praises.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psalm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sacred song:
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.