boombox
/ˈbum.bɑks/
"boombox" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boombox” is uncommon English (frequency #60,667 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,667
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boombox · boombox · English
boombox · rank #60,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,667
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bonobo
Nearest frequency peer: bonobo (-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 “boombox”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bobblehead
bobblehead
39,339 corpus weight
- Bolling
Bolling
39,337 corpus weight
- bonobo
bonobo
39,335 corpus weight
- boombox
boombox
39,334 corpus weight
- Boracay
Boracay
39,333 corpus weight
- boughs
boughs
39,332 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “boombox” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boombox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbum.bɑks/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “boombox” in English
Rare enough to double-check
boombox is uncommon English at frequency #60,667 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbum.bɑks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boombox, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is boombox, spelled B-O-O-M-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boombox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.
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); 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).