tsuba
/ˈtsubə/noun
tsuba is spelled T-S-U-B-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tsuba means “The guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword or bladed weapon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tsuba is tsubas.
How many letters and syllables are in tsuba?
| Letters | 5: T-S-U-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 tsuba?
Tsuba appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 tsuba?
- /ˈtsubə/
- /ˈsubə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-tsuba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tsuba?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tsuba.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: busta.
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 tsuba
- tsubas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tsuba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword or bladed weapon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tsuba come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 鍔 (つば, tsuba).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).