time bomb
"time-bomb" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“time bomb” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | time bomb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “time bomb” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
time bomb is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
time bomb doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From time + bomb. The correct English form is time bomb, spelled T-I-M-E- -B-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
- 2A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
- 3A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
Etymology
From time + bomb.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “time bomb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-M-E- -B-O-M-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.