garum
/ˈɡæ.ɹəm/noun
garum is spelled G-A-R-U-M: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, garum means “A fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of garum is garums.
How many letters and syllables are in garum?
| Letters | 5: G-A-R-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 garum?
Garum appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 garum?
- US /ˈɡæ.ɹəm/
- US /ˈɡɑ.ɹəm/
Garum has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with garum?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as garum from its last stressed vowel (/æɹəm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: murga.
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 garum
- garums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does garum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Garum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sauce:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | garum |
| Portuguese | garo |
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 garum come from?
From Latin garum, from Ancient Greek γάρον (gáron, “the fish whose intestines were originally used in the condiment's production”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).