puma
pu·ma/puːmə/noun
puma is spelled P-U-M-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables (pu·ma). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, puma means “A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of puma is pumas.
How many letters and syllables are in puma?
| Letters | 4: P-U-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pu·ma |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th 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 puma?
Puma appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 puma?
- /puːmə/
- /pjuːmə/
Puma has 2 syllables, split pu·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-puma.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with puma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as puma.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mapu.
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 puma
- pumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaUKA mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
- 2
Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
- 3
slangA woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
noun
- 1
An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does puma come from?
Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).