Tombola
[ˈtɔmbola]
The verdict
“Tombola” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,627
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Verlosung, Art der Lotterie; die Gewinne bestehen meist aus Sachwerten, die häufig gespendet wurden
Corpus desk
Index DE-tombola · Tombola · German
Tombola · rank #45,627 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,627
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tirols
Nearest frequency peer: Tirols (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tombola”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thin
thin
54,378 corpus weight
- Tirols
Tirols
54,375 corpus weight
- Tombola
Tombola
54,374 corpus weight
- Trecker
Trecker
54,372 corpus weight
- Trinkwasser…
Trinkwasserversorgung
54,371 corpus weight
- Tschetschen…
Tschetschenen
54,370 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tombola” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tombola |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔmbola] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tombola” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Tombola (IPA [ˈtɔmbola]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,627 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verlosung, Art der Lotterie; die Gewinne bestehen meist aus Sachwerten, die häufig gespendet wurden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tombola, with forms such as "otmbola", "tmobola", and "tobmola". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 German form is Tombola, spelled T-O-M-B-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Verlosung, Art der Lotterie; die Gewinne bestehen meist aus Sachwerten, die häufig gespendet wurden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tombola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tombola erbrachte dem Verein einen Erlös von 876 Euro.
Ich habe fünf Lose gekauft und bei der Tombola ein Geschirrhandtuch gewonnen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otmbola
- tmobola
- tobmola
- tombbola
- tombloa
- tomboal
- tombolla
- tommbola
- tomobla
- ttombola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tombola - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tombola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.