goomba
/ˈɡuːmbə/noun
goomba is spelled G-O-O-M-B-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, goomba means “Alternative spelling of goombah (“Italian”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of goomba is goombas.
How many letters and syllables are in goomba?
| Letters | 6: G-O-O-M-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is goomba?
Goomba appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 goomba?
- /ˈɡuːmbə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Goomba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of goomba
- goombas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goomba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of goombah (“Italian”).
- 2
Alternative spelling of gumbe (“Jamaican drum”).
- 3
Alternative letter-case form of Goomba.
noun
- 1
A mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does goomba come from?
Likely derived either from goombah (“friend”), in turn from Neapolitan cumpà, or from Hungarian gomba (“mushroom, fungus”). . For the voicing of stops compare gabagool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).