tumtum
noun
tumtum is spelled T-U-M-T-U-M: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tumtum means “One whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tumtum is tumtums.
How many letters and syllables are in tumtum?
| Letters | 6: T-U-M-T-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd 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 tumtum?
Tumtum appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd 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 tumtum?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-tumtum.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tumtum
- tumtums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tumtum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a hermaphrodite, possibly intersex.
Therefore, if a man died leaving a son and a tumtum or a hermaphrodyte, the son inherits everything, since the heirship of the tumtum or of the hermaphrodyte is doubtful.
- 2
rareA Jewish person who is also non-binary and/or intersex.
- 3
A toombah, a type of small drum used in the traditional music of Antigua and Barbuda.
- 4
Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy, stomach; abdomen”).
- 5
Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tumtum come from?
From Hebrew טומטום.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).