yum
/jʌm/interjection, adjective
yum is spelled Y-U-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, yum means “Indicating delight at the flavor of food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yum?
| Letters | 3: Y-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 yum?
Yum appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 yum?
- US /jʌm/
Yum has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-yum.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with yum
Also written: yum yum.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with yum?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yum from its last stressed vowel (/ʌm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: muy.
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 yum
- yum yum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Indicating delight at the flavor of food.
Yum! This apple pie is delicious!
- 2
informalIndicating delight in other things.
adjective
- 1
informalDelicious.
This apple pie is yum!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 yum come from?
Imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).