bombo

[ˈbõmbo]

/[ˈbõmbo]/ noun

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The verdict

“bombo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,324
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tambor de gran tamaño, usado en las bandas militares, que se toca con una maza.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bombo · bombo · Spanish

bombo · rank #19,324 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,324
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH bolivariano

Nearest frequency peer: bolivariano (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “bombo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “bombo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bombo vs boo
60% similar
bombo vs bono
60% similar
bombo vs boxeo
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bombo
PropertyValue
Headwordbombo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbõmbo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,324
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bombo”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).bombocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “bolivariano” (#19,323), “Borbón” (#19,325), “bingo” (#19,322). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bombo” va en #19,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bombo (IPA [ˈbõmbo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,324 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bombo, with forms such as "bbombo", "bmobo", and "bobmo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boo", "bono", "boxeo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is bombo, spelled B-O-M-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tambor de gran tamaño, usado en las bandas militares, que se toca con una maza.
  2. 2
    Ejecutante de dicho instrumento.
  3. 3
    Bomba que deriva su energía de la reacción nuclear de fisión o fusión.
  4. 4
    Utensilio esférico que se utiliza para realizar sorteos de una forma aleatoria, introduciendo en el mismo las bolas numeradas y con un mecanismo de giro se mezclan las bolas y al parar el aparato, mediante un mecanismo de expulsión sale la bola ganadora.
  5. 5
    Publicidad exagerada y con grandes elogios.
  6. 6
    Hinchazón del vientre ocasionado por el embarazo.
  7. 7
    Embarcación de muy poco calado, por lo cual tiene el fondo del casco plano, cuya aplicación principal es la carga y descarga entre un buque que no entra en el dique y el puerto.
  8. 8
    Construcción rural tradicional concebida especialmente para alojar en ella a pastores y labradores, junto con sus animales de labor y sus aperos de labranza.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bombo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Han anunciado la película con mucho bombo.

Synonyms

bomba atómica

This word in other languages

bass drum(English)grosse caisse(Français)Pauke(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbombo
  • bmobo
  • bobmo
  • bombbo
  • bommbo
  • bomob
  • obmbo
  • vomvo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bombo - 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.

bbombo1bmobo2bobmo2bombbo1bommbo1bomob2obmbo2vomvo2
Edit distance from "bombo"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bombo"?
"bombo" is spelled B-O-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbõmbo].
What does "bombo" mean?
As a noun, "bombo" means: Tambor de gran tamaño, usado en las bandas militares, que se toca con una maza.
What words are commonly confused with "bombo"?
"bombo" is commonly confused with "boo", "bono", "boxeo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bombo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bombo" is [ˈbõmbo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bombo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bombo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bingo#19,322atada#19,314antro#19,311Alpes#19,304

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

animan8 variantsangelo8 variantsóptima8 variantstúnica8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list