dembow
/dɛmˈbəʊ/noun
dembow is spelled D-E-M-B-O-W: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dembow means “A genre of Caribbean popular music or musical rhythm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dembow?
| Letters | 6: D-E-M-B-O-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dembow?
Dembow appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dembow?
- UK /dɛmˈbəʊ/
Dembow has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dembow?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dembow from its last stressed vowel (/əʊ/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does dembow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A genre of Caribbean popular music or musical rhythm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dembow come from?
After Dem Bow (1990), a song performed by Shabba Ranks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).