ombre
/ˈɒm.bə/noun
ombre is spelled O-M-B-R-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ombre means “A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ombre is ombres or ombrés.
How many letters and syllables are in ombre?
| Letters | 5: O-M-B-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 ombre?
Ombre appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 ombre?
- /ˈɒm.bə/
- /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-ombre.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Gt59514-ombre_(color).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ombre?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ombre.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: brome.
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 ombre
- omber US
- ombres plural
- ombrés plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ombre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
- 2
archaicA large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.
- 3
Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).
noun
- 1
A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ombre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
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 ombre come from?
Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).