quim
/kwɪm/
"quim" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quim” is an uncommon English word, ranked #95,318 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,318
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The female genitalia; the vulva.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kwɪm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quim” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for quim is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɪm/. Corpus data places it at rank #95,318 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quim, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm (“hollow”) is sometimes suggested, but th… The correct English form is quim, spelled Q-U-I-M.
Definition
- 1The female genitalia; the vulva.
- 2An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm (“hollow”) is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".
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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Using “quim”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kwɪm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.