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Date "CRUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | [Donald Crum Brodie]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "CRUM" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "CRUM" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CRUM" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Crum | Last name | 11,000 | 1,103 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Crum, WV |
Expressions using "CRUM": Crum Lynne ♦ To a crum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
crum and forster | 55 | crum foster insurance | 4 |
crum lynne pa | 29 | crum mike | 3 |
crum | 29 | crum rubber | 3 |
crum foster | 14 | crum services | 3 |
birney crum j stadium | 13 | crum electric | 3 |
crum forester | 10 | crum david | 2 |
crum wv | 9 | crum forrester | 2 |
crum staffing | 9 | crum michael | 2 |
george crum | 7 | crum david rouleau steve | 2 |
dick crum | 7 | crum robin | 2 |
denny crum | 6 | laura crum | 2 |
crum forster insurance | 6 | birney crum j | 2 |
crum zoma | 6 | allentown birney crum j pa stadium | 2 |
robert crum | 5 | crum george picture | 2 |
crum realty | 5 | crum crum | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CRUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | revner i krummestrukturen (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scheur in de kruimstructuur (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | cavernes de la mie (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Krumenriss (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κενά στην σύσταση της ψίχας (slits in the crum structure), κοιλότητες της ψίχας (slits in the crum structure), τρύπες (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tori della mollica (slits in the crum structure), bolle della mollica (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umcray grutas do miolo (slits in the crum structure). (various references) grietas de la miga (slits in the crum structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CRUM": crumb, crumbed, crumber, crumbers, crumbier, crumbiest, crumbing, crumble, crumbled, crumbles, crumblier, crumbliest, crumbliness, crumblinesses, crumbling, crumblings, crumbly, crumbs, crumbum, crumbums, crumby, crumhorn, crumhorns, crummie, crummier, crummies, crummiest, crumminess, crumminesses, crummy, crump, crumped, crumpet, crumpets, crumping, crumple, crumpled, crumples, crumplier, crumpliest, crumpling, crumply, crumps. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CRUM": ambulacrum, fulcrum, involucrum, sacrum, scrum, simulacrum. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CRUM": breadcrumb, breadcrumbs, fulcrums, sacrums, scrummage, scrummaged, scrummages, scrummaging, scrummed, scrumming, scrumptious, scrumptiously, scrums, simulacrums, uncrumple, uncrumpled, uncrumples, uncrumpling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-m-r-u" | |
-1 letter: cum, cur, rum. | |
-2 letters: mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: crumb, crump, mucor, mucro, scrum. | |
+2 letters: cerium, corium, crinum, crumbs, crumby, crummy, crumps, cumber, cummer, cuprum, curium, mucker, mucors, mucros, rectum, sacrum, scrums, uremic. | |
+3 letters: arcanum, buckram, centrum, ceriums, cerumen, chetrum, clamour, clumber, cormous, cranium, crinums, crissum, crumbed, crumber, crumble, crumbly, crumbum, crummie, crumped, crumpet, crumple, crumply, cumarin, cumbers, cummers, cuprums, curcuma, curiums, cutworm, decorum, fulcrum, fumaric, macular, mercury, morceau, muckers, muckier, mudrock, muncher, murices, numeric, pumicer, rectums, rheumic, sacrums, scrotum, scummer, uraemic. | |
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