geum
/ˈd͡ʒiːəm/
"geum" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“geum” is uncommon English (frequency #76,798 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,798
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants.
Corpus desk
Index EN-geum · geum · English
geum · rank #76,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,798
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gangly
Nearest frequency peer: gangly (-7 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 “geum”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gallacher
Gallacher
23,211 corpus weight
- gangly
gangly
23,210 corpus weight
- geum
geum
23,203 corpus weight
- gladiolus
gladiolus
23,196 corpus weight
- gleaning
gleaning
23,195 corpus weight
- Godley
Godley
23,192 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “geum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒiːəm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “geum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
geum is uncommon English at frequency #76,798 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒiːəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for geum in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is geum, spelled G-E-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how geum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum, cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias.
Etymology
From the genus name.
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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