raceme
/ˈɹæsim/noun
raceme is spelled R-A-C-E-M-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, raceme means “An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of raceme is racemes.
How many letters and syllables are in raceme?
| Letters | 6: R-A-C-E-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is raceme?
Raceme appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 raceme?
- UK /ˈɹæsiːm/
- US /ˈɹæsim/
- US /ɹəˈsim/
Raceme 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)-Flame,_not_lame-raceme.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of raceme
- racemes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does raceme mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Raceme in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of inflorescence:
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 raceme come from?
Borrowed from Latin racēmus (“cluster, bunch”). Doublet of raisin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).