scomber
noun, verb
scomber is a noun meaning “Alternative form of scumber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-O-M-B-E-R, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of scomber is scombers.
What does scomber mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of scumber.
- 2
A fish of the genus Scomber.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of scumber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scomber
- scombers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- scombering participle, present
- scombered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scomber?
Scomber appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
Where does scomber come from?
Borrowed from Latin scomber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).