supremum
/səˈpɹiˌmʌm/noun
supremum is spelled S-U-P-R-E-M-U-M: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supremum means “(real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; (order theory): given a subset X of a partially…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supremum is supremums or suprema.
How many letters and syllables are in supremum?
| Letters | 8: S-U-P-R-E-M-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 supremum?
Supremum appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 supremum?
- UK /səˈpɹiːˌmʌm/
- US /səˈpɹiˌmʌm/
- Australia /səˈpɹiːˌmɐm/
Supremum has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-supremum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with supremum?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as supremum (/imʌm/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: supermum.
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 supremum
- supremums plural
- suprema plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supremum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
(real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; (order theory): given a subset X of a partially ordered set P (with partial order ≤), the least element y of P such that every element of X is ≤ y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supremum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense element of a set greater than or equal to all members of a given subset:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | supremum |
| German | Supremum |
| Spanish | supremo |
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 supremum come from?
Borrowed from Latin supremum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).