arum
/ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/noun
arum is spelled A-R-U-M: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arum means “A flower or plant in the genus Arum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arum is arums.
How many letters and syllables are in arum?
| Letters | 4: A-R-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is arum?
Arum appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 arum?
- /ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/
Arum has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-arum.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-arum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arum?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arum.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: maru, amur, mura.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of arum
- arums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flower or plant in the genus Arum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flower or plant in the genus Arum:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arum |
| German | Aronstab |
| Portuguese | aro, arão, arum, árum, jarro |
| Spanish | aro, yaro, sarrillo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arum come from?
From the botanical name Arum, from Latin arum, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).