zum

/[ˈsũm]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,012

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

zum is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lente especial capaz de enfocar un objeto a distancias variables. Pronounced [ˈsũm].

Key facts for zum
PropertyValue
Headwordzum
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsũm]
Letters3
Frequency rank#52,012
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zum in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for zum is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsũm]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,012 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for zum in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is zum, spelled Z-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lente especial capaz de enfocar un objeto a distancias variables.
  2. 2
    Vista de acercamiento o alejamiento que se obtiene de una imagen por medio de un zum₁ o de medios electrónicos que crean un efecto similar en pantallas de computador.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,012 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zum"?
"zum" is spelled Z-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsũm].
What does "zum" mean?
As a noun, "zum" means: Lente especial capaz de enfocar un objeto a distancias variables.
How do you pronounce "zum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zum" is [ˈsũm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zum" come from?
"zum" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.