ajumma
/əˈd͡ʒʊmə/noun
ajumma is spelled A-J-U-M-M-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ajumma means “A married middle-aged Korean woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ajumma is ajummas.
How many letters and syllables are in ajumma?
| Letters | 6: A-J-U-M-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ajumma?
Ajumma appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 ajumma?
- /əˈd͡ʒʊmə/
- /ɑːˈd͡ʒʊmə/
- /ˈɑːd͡ʒʊmə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-ajumma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ajumma
- ajummas plural
- ahjumma
- ajooma
- ajoomma
- ajuma
- ahjuma
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ajumma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A married middle-aged Korean woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ajumma come from?
Borrowed from Korean 아줌마 (ajumma).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).