cum
/kʌm/preposition, noun, verb, adjective
cum is spelled C-U-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “come vs cum” about 20 times a month (Bing, United States). As a preposition, cum means “Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or which has changed from one to another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cum?
| Letters | 3: C-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is cum?
Cum appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 cum?
- /kʌm/
- /kʊm/
As a noun (“Semen”): /kʌm/.
Cum has one syllable (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: En-uk-cum.ogg, En-us-come.ogg, En-us-cum.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cum
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: come (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of cum
- cums present, singular, he/she/it
- cumming participle, present
- came past
- come participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
preposition
- 1
Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or which has changed from one to another.
noun
- 1
colloquialvulgarSemen.
- 2
colloquialvulgarFemale ejaculatory discharge.
- 3
colloquialvulgarAn ejaculation.
- 4
colloquialvulgarAbbreviation of cubic metre.
The density of cement is 1440 kg/cum.
verb
- 1
colloquialslangvulgarTo have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
Despite claims to the contrary, a woman can cum from anal sex alone.
- 2
colloquialslangvulgarTo ejaculate.
Some men cum as much as 10 milliliters.
- 3
colloquialvulgarEye dialect spelling of come (“move from further to nearer; arrive”).
adjective
- 1
colloquialvulgarAbbreviation of cumulative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soit , foutre, jute, sirop de cordum , se vider les couilles, gicler |
| German | Sperma, Wichse , abspritzen, kommen |
| Portuguese | esperma, gozo, porra, leite , ejacular, gozar |
| Spanish | corrida, acabada, lefa, mecos, acabadura, cabadura |
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 cum come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin cum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).