spume
/spjuːm/noun, verb
spume is spelled S-P-U-M-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spume means “Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spume is spumes.
How many letters and syllables are in spume?
| Letters | 5: S-P-U-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is spume?
Spume appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 spume?
- /spjuːm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-spume.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spume
- spumes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- spuming participle, present
- spumed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spume mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
verb
- 1
To froth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spume come from?
From Middle English spume, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).