tumbler
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "tumbler", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "tumbler" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "tumbler" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
tumbler is aEnglishnoun. It means: One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body. Pronounced /ˈtʌmblɚ/. Often confused with tumblr and tuber.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tumbler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʌmblɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tumbler is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtʌmblɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #35,125 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tumbler, with forms such as "tmubler", "ttumbler", and "tubmler". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tumblr", "tuber", "timber", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tumble + -er. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is tumbler, spelled T-U-M-B-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
- 2A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- 3A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- 4A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- 5A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- 6A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- 7A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
- 8Something that causes something else to tumble.
- 9A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
- 10A kind of cart; a tumbril.
- 11The pupa of a mosquito.
- 12One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- 13A porpoise.
- 14A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
Etymology
From tumble + -er.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tmubler,ttumbler,tubmler,tumbbler,tumbelr,tumblerr,tumbller,tumblre,tumlber,tummbler,utmbler
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tumbler
Misspelling Variants of "tumbler"
Frequency rank: #35,125 in English
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