# umbrella

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/ · frequency rank #8,500

## Definitions
1. A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
2. Anything that provides similar protection.
3. Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
4. A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
5. The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
6. An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).

## Common misspellings (10)
`mubrella`, `ubmrella`, `umbbrella`, `umberlla`, `umbrela`, `umbrelal`, `umbrlela`, `umbrrella`, `ummbrella`, `umrbella`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/umbrella