bomba
"bomba" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bomba” is uncommon English (frequency #63,470 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,470
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bomba · bomba · English
bomba · rank #63,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,470
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH boozing
Nearest frequency peer: boozing (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “bomba”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Björk
Björk
36,536 corpus weight
- Boehm
Boehm
36,534 corpus weight
- bomba
bomba
36,531 corpus weight
- boozing
boozing
36,530 corpus weight
- Boylan
Boylan
36,528 corpus weight
- braindead
braindead
36,527 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bomba” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bomba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bomba” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bomba is uncommon English at frequency #63,470 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bomba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish bomba. The correct English form is bomba, spelled B-O-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bomba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bomba.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).