num
/nʌm/verb, noun, interjection
num is spelled N-U-M: 3 letters. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, num means “past participle of nim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in num?
| Letters | 3: N-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 num?
Num appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 num?
- /nʌm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with num?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as num.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mun.
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 num
- nums plural
- num.
- nom
- # plural
- #s plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does num mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
past participle of nim
interjection
- 1
colloquialUsed to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of number.
- 2
Abbreviation of numeral.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does num come from?
Inflection of nim.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).