sumo

[symo]

/[symo]/ noun

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The verdict

“sumo” is uncommon German (frequency #72,978 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,978
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sumo · sumo · German

sumo · rank #72,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,978
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH suu

Nearest frequency peer: suu (+2 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 „sumo“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sumo
PropertyValue
Headwordsumo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[symo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,978
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sumo“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sumofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „suu“ (#72,980), „Stutz“ (#72,975), „Sturmfluten“ (#72,974). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sumo“ bei #72,978. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sumo is uncommon German at frequency #72,978 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [symo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sumo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sumo, spelled S-U-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sumo
  2. 2
    Sumoringer, Sumotori

Synonyms

sumotori

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 "sumo"?
"sumo" is spelled S-U-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [symo].
What does "sumo" mean?
As a noun, "sumo" means: Sumo
How do you pronounce "sumo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sumo" is [symo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sumo" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sham#72,925SCNR#72,915quam#72,846wirk#73,122

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list