gummed
/ɡʌmd/
"gummed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gummed” is an uncommon English word, ranked #93,765 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #93,765
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of gum
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gummed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡʌmd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gummed” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gummed is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡʌmd/. Corpus data places it at rank #93,765 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of gum".
gummed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is gummed, spelled G-U-M-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of gum
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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Using “gummed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-U-M-M-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡʌmd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.