tam
/tæm/noun
tam is spelled T-A-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tam means “Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tam is tams.
How many letters and syllables are in tam?
| Letters | 3: T-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st 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 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 tam?
Tam appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st 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 tam?
- /tæm/
Tam 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tam?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tam.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: atm, mat, amt.
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 tam
- tams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
- 2
Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
noun
- 1
Initialism of tense, aspect, and mood.
- 2
Initialism of total addressable/available market.
- 3
Initialism of technology acceptance model.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tam come from?
Ellipsis of tam o'shanter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).