powerbomb
"powerbomb" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“powerbomb” is uncommon English (frequency #93,035 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,035
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-powerbomb · powerbomb · English
powerbomb · rank #93,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,035
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prabhakar
Nearest frequency peer: Prabhakar (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “powerbomb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pornographer
pornographer
6,969 corpus weight
- powerbomb
powerbomb
6,966 corpus weight
- Prabhakar
Prabhakar
6,965 corpus weight
- preg
preg
6,964 corpus weight
- premixed
premixed
6,962 corpus weight
- prescriber
prescriber
6,961 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “powerbomb” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | powerbomb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “powerbomb” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
powerbomb is uncommon English at frequency #93,035 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat.".
powerbomb doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From power + bomb. The correct English form is powerbomb, spelled P-O-W-E-R-B-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
Etymology
From power + bomb.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.