spim
/spɪm/noun
spim is spelled S-P-I-M: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spim means “Unsolicited messages sent to cellular phones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spim is spims.
How many letters and syllables are in spim?
| Letters | 4: S-P-I-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd 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 spim?
Spim appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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 spim?
- /spɪm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spim.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spim?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as spim.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: simp.
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 spim
- spims plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spim mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Unsolicited messages sent to cellular phones.
- 2
Unsolicited commercial messages sent via an instant messaging system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spim come from?
Blend of spam + IM (instant messaging).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).