tumbler
/ˈtʌmblɚ/
"tumbler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tumbler” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #35,125 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,125
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “tumbler” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tumbler is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tumbler, with forms such as "tmubler", "ttumbler", and "tubmler". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tumblr", "tuber", "timber", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tumble + -er. The correct English form is tumbler, spelled T-U-M-B-L-E-R.
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tmubler,ttumbler,tubmler,tumbbler,tumbelr,tumblerr,tumbller,tumblre,tumlber,tummbler,utmbler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tumbler - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tumbler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-U-M-B-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtʌmblɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tumblr” - see the side-by-side comparison. tumbler vs tumblr
- 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.