umbral
/ˈʌmbɹəl/adjective
umbral is spelled U-M-B-R-A-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, umbral means “Of or relating to an umbra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in umbral?
| Letters | 6: U-M-B-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 umbral?
Umbral appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 umbral?
- /ˈʌmbɹəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-umbral.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with umbral
Sounds like: umbrel (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with umbral?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as umbral.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lumbar, labrum.
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).
What does umbral mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to an umbra.
- 2
Of or relating to umbral calculus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).