Purim
/ˈpʊəɹɪm/
"purim" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Purim” is uncommon English (frequency #56,384 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,384
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-purim · Purim · English
Purim · rank #56,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,384
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH protestor
Nearest frequency peer: protestor (-1 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 “Purim”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- prise
prise
43,621 corpus weight
- proline
proline
43,620 corpus weight
- protestor
protestor
43,618 corpus weight
- Purim
Purim
43,617 corpus weight
- putts
putts
43,616 corpus weight
- Pyotr
Pyotr
43,614 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Purim” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Purim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʊəɹɪm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Purim” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Purim is uncommon English at frequency #56,384 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpʊəɹɪm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Purim in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”). The correct English form is Purim, spelled P-U-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.
- 2A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Purim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradica…
Etymology
From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).
This word in other languages
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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