arum
/ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/
"arum" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arum” is uncommon English (frequency #61,281 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,281
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flower or plant in the genus Arum
Corpus desk
Index EN-arum · arum · English
arum · rank #61,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,281
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aryl
Nearest frequency peer: aryl (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “arum”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Arellano
Arellano
38,725 corpus weight
- Arima
Arima
38,724 corpus weight
- arum
arum
38,720 corpus weight
- aryl
aryl
38,719 corpus weight
- Asano
Asano
38,718 corpus weight
- Asura
Asura
38,715 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arum is uncommon English at frequency #61,281 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A flower or plant in the genus Arum".
No generated misspelling entries exist for arum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the botanical name Arum, from Latin arum, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron). The correct English form is arum, spelled A-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1A flower or plant in the genus Arum
Etymology
From the botanical name Arum, from Latin arum, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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