summ
[zʊm]
The verdict
“summ” is uncommon German (frequency #69,751 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,751
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - summ ist ein besonderer Tierlaut der Fluginsekten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | summ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [zʊm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “summ” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
summ is uncommon German at frequency #69,751 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [zʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "summ ist ein besonderer Tierlaut der Fluginsekten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for summ, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is summ, spelled S-U-M-M.
Definition
- 1summ ist ein besonderer Tierlaut der Fluginsekten
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.
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Using “summ”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-U-M-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.