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futbol

/ˈfʊt.boʊl/noun

futbol is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of fútbol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-T-B-O-L and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of futbol is futbols or fútbols.

What does futbol mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of fútbol.

noun

as fútbol
  1. 1

    Football (soccer)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce futbol?

  • US /ˈfʊt.boʊl/
  • US /ˈfʊd.boʊl/

Futbol has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of futbol

  • futbols plural
  • fútbols plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is futbol?

Futbol appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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).

Where does futbol come from?

Borrowed from Spanish fútbol, from English football.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).