jumbie
/ˈdʒʌmbi/noun
jumbie is spelled J-U-M-B-I-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jumbie means “A ghost or evil spirit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jumbie is jumbies.
How many letters and syllables are in jumbie?
| Letters | 6: J-U-M-B-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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 jumbie?
Jumbie appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 jumbie?
- /ˈdʒʌmbi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jumbie.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-jumbie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jumbie
- jumbies plural
- jumbee
- jumby
- jumbi
- zumbi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jumbie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ghost or evil spirit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jumbie come from?
Borrowed from Kongo zumbi (“fetish”). Doublet of zombie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).