thrum
/θɹʌm/noun, verb, adjective
thrum is spelled T-H-R-U-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thrum means “A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thrum is thrums.
How many letters and syllables are in thrum?
| Letters | 5: T-H-R-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 thrum?
Thrum appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 thrum?
- UK /θɹʌm/
- US /θɹʌm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thrum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with thrum?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as thrum from its last stressed vowel (/ʌm/):
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 thrum
- thrums plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- thrumming participle, present
- thrummed participle, past
- thrumb
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thrum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- 2
A spicy taste; a tang.
- 3
The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
The twister is given a harness filled with thrums or short ends of the old warp which has been returned from the looms. These thrums of silk are all that remain of the last warps.
- 4
A fringe made of such threads.
- 5
Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
- 6
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- 7
A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
- 8
A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
- 9
Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
- 10
A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- 11
obsoleteslangA threepenny bit.
verb
- 1
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking.
She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
- 2
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
to thrum on a table
- 3
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- 4
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
adjective
- 1
Made of or woven from thrum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does thrum come from?
Imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).