gamba
"gamba" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gamba” is uncommon English (frequency #68,245 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,245
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of viola da gamba.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gamba · gamba · English
gamba · rank #68,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,245
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gasquet
Nearest frequency peer: Gasquet (+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 “gamba”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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31,764 corpus weight
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Fujii
31,763 corpus weight
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funhouse
31,762 corpus weight
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funnest
31,761 corpus weight
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gamba
31,756 corpus weight
- Gasquet
Gasquet
31,754 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gamba” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gamba” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gamba is uncommon English at frequency #68,245 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gamba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From viola da gamba, ultimately from Italian gamba (“leg”). Doublet of gam, gamb, jamb, and jambe. The correct English form is gamba, spelled G-A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of viola da gamba.
- 2A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.
Etymology
From viola da gamba, ultimately from Italian gamba (“leg”). Doublet of gam, gamb, jamb, and jambe.
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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