Blume

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"blume" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Blume” is uncommon English (frequency #50,988 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,988
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blume · Blume · English

Blume · rank #50,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,988
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bluebell

Nearest frequency peer: bluebell (-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 “Blume”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Blume” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blume
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlume
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Blume” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Blumefalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “bluebell” (#50,987), “blunts” (#50,989), “blubber” (#50,986). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Blume” is #50,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blume is uncommon English at frequency #50,988 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Blume, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: * As a German surname, from German Blume. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Blom. The correct English form is Blume, spelled B-L-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Etymology

* As a German surname, from German Blume. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Blom.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Blume"?
"Blume" is spelled B-L-U-M-E.
What does "Blume" mean?
As a proper noun, "Blume" means: A surname from German.
What is the origin of the word "Blume"?
* As a German surname, from German Blume. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Blom. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

borer#50,994brony#51,002betel#50,970berra#50,968

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list