haboob
ha·boob/hæˈbub/noun
haboob is spelled H-A-B-O-O-B: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ha·boob). It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, haboob means “A violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of haboob is haboobs.
How many letters and syllables are in haboob?
| Letters | 6: H-A-B-O-O-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ha·boob |
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th 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 haboob?
Haboob appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 haboob?
- UK /hæˈbuːb/
- UK /hə-/
- US /hæˈbub/
Haboob has 2 syllables, split ha·boob in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-haboob.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with haboob?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as haboob from its last stressed vowel (/ub/):
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).
Forms of haboob
- haboobs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does haboob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.
Near-synonym: duster
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Haboob in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense violent duststorm or sandstorm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | haboob |
| German | Haboob, Habub |
| Portuguese | habub |
| Spanish | haboob |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does haboob come from?
[Alt: A large dust cloud over the city] Borrowed from Arabic هَبُوب (habūb, “strong wind, gale; haboob”), from the root ه ب ب (h b b) (“relating to wind blowing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).