rhombus
/ˈɹɑːmbəs/noun
rhombus is spelled R-H-O-M-B-U-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rhombus means “A parallelogram having all sides of equal length” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rhombus is rhombi or rhombuses.
How many letters and syllables are in rhombus?
| Letters | 7: R-H-O-M-B-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 rhombus?
Rhombus appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 rhombus?
- UK /ˈɹɒmbəs/
- US /ˈɹɑːmbəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-rhombus.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rhombus?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rhombus from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmbəs/):
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 rhombus
- rhombi plural
- rhombuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rhombus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
- 2
The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
- 3
In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
- 4
archaicAny of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.
- 5
archaicSnails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rhombus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A parallelogram having all sides of equal length:
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 rhombus come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”). Doublet of rhomb and rhumb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).