scrum
\skʁœm\
The verdict
“scrum” is an uncommon French word, ranked #61,133 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,133
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Méthode de management agile en développement de logiciels.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skʁœm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scrum” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for scrum is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \skʁœm\. Corpus data places it at rank #61,133 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Méthode de management agile en développement de logiciels.".
No misspelling variants are generated for scrum in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is scrum, spelled S-C-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1Méthode de management agile en développement de logiciels.
This word in other languages
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "scrum"?
What does "scrum" mean?
How do you pronounce "scrum"?
What language does "scrum" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “scrum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-C-R-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \skʁœm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.