kum
[ˈkum]
The verdict
“kum” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,386 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,386
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rojo oscuro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kum · kum · Spanish
kum · rank #95,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,386
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH kuwaití
Nearest frequency peer: kuwaití (+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 “kum”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- koalas
koalas
4,618 corpus weight
- kum
kum
4,615 corpus weight
- kuwaití
kuwaití
4,614 corpus weight
- kyra
kyra
4,612 corpus weight
- Laborda
Laborda
4,610 corpus weight
- laboriosos
laboriosos
4,609 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kum” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kum |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkum] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #95,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kum” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kum is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,386 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkum]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rojo oscuro.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is kum, spelled K-U-M.
Definition
- 1Rojo oscuro.
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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