Umeå
/ˈuːməɔː/
"umea" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Umeå” is uncommon English (frequency #95,551 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,551
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city on the east coast of northern Sweden.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Umeå |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈuːməɔː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Umeå” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Umeå is uncommon English at frequency #95,551 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈuːməɔː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city on the east coast of northern Sweden.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Umeå, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Swedish Umeå from úm’ (sound made by the river) + Swedish å (“river”). The correct English form is Umeå, spelled U-M-E-Å.
Definition
- 1A city on the east coast of northern Sweden.
Etymology
From Swedish Umeå from úm’ (sound made by the river) + Swedish å (“river”).
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.
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Using “Umeå”
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- The one correct English spelling is U-M-E-Å - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.