bomber

/[ˈbɒməʳ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,583

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

bomber is aGermannoun. It means: Bomber Pronounced [ˈbɒməʳ]. Often confused with Boxer and böser.

Key facts for bomber
PropertyValue
Headwordbomber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɒməʳ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,583
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bomber in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bomber is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɒməʳ]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,583 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bomber".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for bomber, with forms such as "bbomber", "bmober", and "bobmer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Boxer", "böser", "Bonner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 German form is bomber, spelled B-O-M-B-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bomber

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbomber,bmober,bobmer,bombber,bomberr,bombre,bomebr,bommber,obmber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bomber

Misspelling Variants of "bomber"

bbomber7bmober6bobmer6bombber7bomberr7bombre6bomebr6bommber7
Misspelling Variants of "bomber"

Frequency rank: #15,583 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bomber"?
"bomber" is spelled B-O-M-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɒməʳ].
What does "bomber" mean?
As a noun, "bomber" means: Bomber
What words are commonly confused with "bomber"?
"bomber" is commonly confused with "Boxer", "böser", "Bonner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bomber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bomber" is [ˈbɒməʳ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bomber" come from?
"bomber" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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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.