coom
noun, verb
coom is spelled C-O-O-M: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coom means “soot, smut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coom is cooms.
How many letters and syllables are in coom?
| Letters | 4: C-O-O-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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; 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 coom?
Coom appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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).
What rhymes with coom?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as coom.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moco.
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 coom
- cooms present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- cooming participle, present
- came past, participle
- coomed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
soot, smut
- 2
dust
- 3
grease
- 4
ScotlandThe wooden centering on which a bridge is built.
- 5
ScotlandAnything arched or vaulted.
- 6
slangSemen.
verb
- 1
slangTo ejaculate.
- 2
Pronunciation spelling of come.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does coom come from?
From Middle English culme, colme, of unknown origin but probably from or related to Old English col (“coal”). Related to culm and Icelandic kámugur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).