ume
/ˈumeɪ/noun
ume is spelled U-M-E: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ume, the name). As a noun, ume means “Chinese plum, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ume is umes.
How many letters and syllables are in ume?
| Letters | 3: U-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th 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 ume?
Ume appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ume, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ume?
- /ˈumeɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ume?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ume.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: emu, meu.
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 ume
- umes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ume mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Chinese plum, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.
noun
- 1
Initialism of unusual mortality event.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ume come from?
Borrowing from Japanese 梅 (ume).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).