sherm
/ʃɜː(ɹ)m/noun
sherm is spelled S-H-E-R-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sherm means “The drug phencyclidine (PCP)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sherm is sherms.
How many letters and syllables are in sherm?
| Letters | 5: S-H-E-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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 sherm?
Sherm appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 sherm?
- /ʃɜː(ɹ)m/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sherm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sherm?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sherm.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mersh.
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 sherm
- sherms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sherm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangThe drug phencyclidine (PCP).
- 2
slangA cigarette soaked in PCP.
- 3
derogatoryslangA degenerate; a person not worthy of respect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sherm come from?
From Nat Sherman, a cigarette brand and former tobacco store in New York City, which used to be the most popular brand to dip in PCP, because unlike most other cigarettes, they did not fall apart when wet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).