cymbal
/ˈsɪmbəl/
"cymbal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cymbal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,558
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the...
Corpus desk
Index EN-cymbal · cymbal · English
cymbal · rank #47,558 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,558
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cybernetics
Nearest frequency peer: cybernetics (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cymbal”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Cupertino
Cupertino
52,448 corpus weight
- cutlass
cutlass
52,447 corpus weight
- cybernetics
cybernetics
52,444 corpus weight
- cymbal
cymbal
52,443 corpus weight
- dabbing
dabbing
52,442 corpus weight
- Darjeeling
Darjeeling
52,439 corpus weight
What this shows “cymbal” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cymbal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪmbəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cymbal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cymbal (IPA /ˈsɪmbəl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,558 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cymbal, with forms such as "ccymbal", "cmybal", and "cybmal". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cymbals", "symbol", "cabal", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon), from κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”). See also chime. The correct English form is cymbal, spelled C-Y-M-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cymbal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes, Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans, Make the sun dance.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Etymology
From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon), from κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”). See also chime.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccymbal
- cmybal
- cybmal
- cymabl
- cymball
- cymbbal
- cymbla
- cymmbal
- cyymbal
- ycmbal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cymbal - 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 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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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).