# ombre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒm.bə/ · frequency rank #47,803

## Definitions
1. A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.

## Easily confused with
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ombre-vs-ore)
- **omer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ombre-vs-omer)
- **OBE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/obe-vs-ombre)
- **OMB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omb-vs-ombre)
- **Omar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omar-vs-ombre)
- **ogre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ombre)
- **oboe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oboe-vs-ombre)
- **ochre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochre-vs-ombre)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mobre`, `obmre`, `ombbre`, `omber`, `ombrre`, `ommbre`, `omrbe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ombre