tombola
/tɒmˈbəʊlə/noun
tombola is spelled T-O-M-B-O-L-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tombola means “A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tombola is tombolas.
How many letters and syllables are in tombola?
| Letters | 7: T-O-M-B-O-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th 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 tombola?
Tombola appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 tombola?
- UK /tɒmˈbəʊlə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tombola.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tombola?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tombola from its last stressed vowel (/əʊlə/, British pronunciation):
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 tombola
- tombolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tombola mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
- 2
The drum from which the tickets are drawn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tombola in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lottery:
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 tombola come from?
Borrowed from Italian tombola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).