klum
\klum\
The verdict
“klum” is uncommon French (frequency #81,296 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,296
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enrouler quelque chose d’une couverture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-klum · klum · French
klum · rank #81,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,296
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kohn
Nearest frequency peer: Kohn (+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 « klum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kayaks
kayaks
18,709 corpus weight
- kinésiologie
kinésiologie
18,707 corpus weight
- klum
klum
18,705 corpus weight
- Kohn
Kohn
18,704 corpus weight
- Kouassi
Kouassi
18,703 corpus weight
- koweïtien
koweïtien
18,702 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « klum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \klum\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « klum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
klum is uncommon French at frequency #81,296 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \klum\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enrouler quelque chose d’une couverture.".
klum has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is klum, spelled K-L-U-M.
Definition
- 1Enrouler quelque chose d’une couverture.
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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