somme

[sɔm]

/[sɔm]/ noun

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The verdict

“somme” is uncommon German (frequency #54,891 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,891
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-somme · somme · German

somme · rank #54,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,891
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH smiths

Nearest frequency peer: smiths (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „somme“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for somme
PropertyValue
Headwordsomme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɔm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,891
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „somme“ im Deutschen

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „smiths“ (#54,890), „Sommernacht“ (#54,892), „smarten“ (#54,889). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „somme“ bei #54,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

somme is uncommon German at frequency #54,891 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɔm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Betrag, Summe".

No generated misspelling entries exist for somme in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is somme, spelled S-O-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Betrag, Summe

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 "somme"?
"somme" is spelled S-O-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [sɔm].
What does "somme" mean?
As a noun, "somme" means: Betrag, Summe
How do you pronounce "somme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "somme" is [sɔm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "somme" come from?
"somme" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spind#54,900Sasse#54,856summt#54,932proud#54,816

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list