Fulmer

name

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"fulmer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Fulmer” is uncommon English (frequency #64,391 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,391
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-fulmer · Fulmer · English

Fulmer · rank #64,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,391
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fukuda

Nearest frequency peer: Fukuda (-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 “Fulmer”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fulmer
PropertyValue
HeadwordFulmer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,391
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Fulmer” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Fulmerfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Fukuda” (#64,390), “Franny” (#64,387), “gena” (#64,395). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “Fulmer” is #64,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fulmer is uncommon English at frequency #64,391 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fulmer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”). The correct English form is Fulmer, spelled F-U-L-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A village in Buckinghamshire, England.

Etymology

From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”).

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 "Fulmer"?
"Fulmer" is spelled F-U-L-M-E-R.
What does "Fulmer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Fulmer" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Fulmer"?
From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”). 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 "Fulmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fukuda#64,390Franny#64,387Gertie#64,399Folger#64,381

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list