numbat
noun
numbat is spelled N-U-M-B-A-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, numbat means “A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of numbat is numbats.
How many letters and syllables are in numbat?
| Letters | 6: N-U-M-B-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 numbat?
Numbat appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 numbat?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-numbat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with numbat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as numbat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tubman.
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 numbat
- numbats plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does numbat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Numbat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small marsupial:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | numbat, myrmécopie à bandes |
| German | Ameisenbeutler |
| Spanish | numbat |
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 numbat come from?
Borrowed from Nyunga nhumbad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).