plum

Name: plum, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[plʌm]

/[plʌm]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“plum” is uncommon German (frequency #57,306 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,306
frequency rank, German: 3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pflaume

Corpus desk

Index DE-plum · plum · German

plum · rank #57,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #57,306
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,409
PHOTO-FINISH Plochingen

Nearest frequency peer: Plochingen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Playlists

42,697
Plochingen

42,696
plum

42,695
Plymouth

42,694
Polonaise

42,692
poltern

42,691

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „plum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for plum
Property	Value
Headword	plum
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[plʌm]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#57,306
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „plum“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).plumfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#57,306

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Plochingen“ (#57,305), „Plymouth“ (#57,307), „Playlists“ (#57,304). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „plum“ bei #57,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plum is uncommon German at frequency #57,306 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [plʌm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plum, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is plum, spelled P-L-U-M.

Definition

1
Pflaume
2
Pflaumenbaum

Synonyms

plum tree

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plum"?

"plum" is spelled P-L-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [plʌm].

What does "plum" mean?

As a noun, "plum" means: Pflaume

How do you pronounce "plum"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plum" is [plʌm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "plum" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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