gum
/ɡʌm/
The verdict
“gum” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,521 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,521
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Goma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gum · gum · Spanish
gum · rank #75,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,521
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH guayaquileño
Nearest frequency peer: guayaquileño (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gum”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Gres
Gres
24,486 corpus weight
- gruñe
gruñe
24,485 corpus weight
- guara
guara
24,483 corpus weight
- guayaquileño
guayaquileño
24,481 corpus weight
- gum
gum
24,480 corpus weight
- gárgolas
gárgolas
24,479 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gum” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gum |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡʌm/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #75,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gum” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gum is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,521 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡʌm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gum in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gum, spelled G-U-M.
Definition
- 1Goma.
- 2Resina.
- 3Chicle.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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