rheum
/ɹuːm/noun
rheum is spelled R-H-E-U-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rheum means “Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rheum is rheums.
How many letters and syllables are in rheum?
| Letters | 5: R-H-E-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 rheum?
Rheum appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 rheum?
- US /ɹuːm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rheum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rheum?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rheum from its last stressed vowel (/um/):
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 rheum
- rheums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rheum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.
- 2
Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.
- 3
Tears.
- 4
informalClipping of rheumatologist.
[…] the other rheumatologist in the practice I saw after that first meeting was irritated because my history was completely wrong. Not [irritated] at me, [but] the other rheum. […] I had to switch rheums at one point due to insurance proble
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rheum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chassie, morve |
| Portuguese | reuma , remela |
| Spanish | mucosidad, moco , lagaña, legaña, pitarra, pitaña |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rheum come from?
From Middle English reume, rewme, from Anglo-Norman reume, from Late Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, humour”). Doublet of stream.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).