rhumb
/ɹʌm/noun
rhumb is spelled R-H-U-M-B: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rhumb means “A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rhumb is rhumbs.
How many letters and syllables are in rhumb?
| Letters | 5: R-H-U-M-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is rhumb?
Rhumb appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 rhumb?
- /ɹʌm/
- /ɹʌmb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rhumb.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rhumb
- rhumbs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rhumb mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.
- 2
Any of the 32 points of the compass.
- 3
A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rhumb in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one of the 32 points of the compass (compass points):
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 rhumb come from?
Borrowed from Spanish rumbo or Portuguese rumo, from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhomb and rhombus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).