enum
/ˈinʌm/
"enum" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enum” is uncommon English (frequency #80,427 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,427
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An enumeration.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈinʌm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enum is uncommon English at frequency #80,427 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈinʌm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An enumeration.".
Zero misspellings are on record for enum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of enumeration, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants. The correct English form is enum, spelled E-N-U-M.
Definition
- 1An enumeration.
Etymology
Clipping of enumeration, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-N-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.