suman

noun

"suman" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suman” is uncommon English (frequency #64,751 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,751
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suman · suman · English

suman · rank #64,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,751
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sulky

Nearest frequency peer: sulky (-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 “suman”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “suman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suman
PropertyValue
Headwordsuman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “suman” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).sumanfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “sulky” (#64,750), “survivable” (#64,752), “suckle” (#64,749). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suman” is #64,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suman is uncommon English at frequency #64,751 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for suman, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Tagalog suman. The correct English form is suman, spelled S-U-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.

Etymology

From Tagalog suman.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suman"?
"suman" is spelled S-U-M-A-N.
What does "suman" mean?
As a noun, "suman" means: Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik.
What is the origin of the word "suman"?
From Tagalog suman. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list