novum
"novum" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“novum” is uncommon English (frequency #89,691 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,691
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A new feature, a novelty.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | novum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “novum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
novum is uncommon English at frequency #89,691 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for novum in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin novum. The correct English form is novum, spelled N-O-V-U-M.
Definition
- 1A new feature, a novelty.
- 2An innovation which is fictional, but, following the logic of cognitive estrangement (characteristic of science fiction), is afforded plausibility by the assumption that the fictional setting is scientifically consistent.
- 3A game of dice, properly called novem quinque, the two principal throws being nine and five.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin novum.
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 “novum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O-V-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.