bomb crater
"bomb-crater" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bomb crater” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).
Corpus desk
Index EN-bomb-crater · bomb crater · English
bomb crater · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bomb crater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bomb crater” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bomb crater is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).".
Zero misspellings are on record for bomb crater in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is bomb crater, spelled B-O-M-B- -C-R-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bomb crater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Scene near Ingatestone, L.N.E.R., shortly after the locomotive of a London-Harwich train had fallen into a bomb crater.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.