Blume
The verdict
“Blume” is uncommon French (frequency #81,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,812
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation standard du botaniste germano-hollandais Carl Ludwig Blume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-blume · Blume · French
Blume · rank #81,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,812
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Blumenthal
Nearest frequency peer: Blumenthal (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Blume »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bique
bique
18,192 corpus weight
- blister
blister
18,191 corpus weight
- Blume
Blume
18,189 corpus weight
- Blumenthal
Blumenthal
18,188 corpus weight
- bocages
bocages
18,187 corpus weight
- bod
bod
18,186 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Blume » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Blume » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Blume is uncommon French at frequency #81,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation standard du botaniste germano-hollandais Carl Ludwig Blume.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Blume in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Blume, spelled B-L-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Abréviation standard du botaniste germano-hollandais Carl Ludwig Blume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Blume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Iodes Blume.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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