firebomb
"firebomb" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“firebomb” is uncommon English (frequency #83,250 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,250
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-firebomb · firebomb · English
firebomb · rank #83,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,250
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flagellum
Nearest frequency peer: flagellum (+2 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 “firebomb”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ferriss
Ferriss
16,756 corpus weight
- firebomb
firebomb
16,751 corpus weight
- flagellum
flagellum
16,749 corpus weight
- fleetingly
fleetingly
16,748 corpus weight
- flory
flory
16,747 corpus weight
- foraminifera
foraminifera
16,745 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “firebomb” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | firebomb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “firebomb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
firebomb is uncommon English at frequency #83,250 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for firebomb in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fire + bomb. The correct English form is firebomb, spelled F-I-R-E-B-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how firebomb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.
The firebombs were small, and burst into flames when they hit the ground.
Etymology
From fire + bomb.
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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