bomb

\bɔmp\

/\bɔmp\/ verb

The verdict

“bomb” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,901
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de bomben.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bomb · bomb · French

bomb · rank #34,901 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,901
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boeufs

Nearest frequency peer: boeufs (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bomb »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bomb » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

bomb vs bon
50% similar
bomb vs box
50% similar
bomb vs boy
50% similar

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

Key facts for bomb
PropertyValue
Headwordbomb
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɔmp\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,901
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bomb »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bombse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boeufs » (#34,900), « blés » (#34,899), « boucs » (#34,903). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bomb » est au #34,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bomb (IPA \bɔmp\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,901 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de bomben.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bomb, with forms such as "bbomb", "bmob", and "bobm". 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, "bon", "box", "boy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 French form is bomb, spelled B-O-M-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de bomben.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbomb
  • bmob
  • bobm
  • bombb
  • bommb
  • obmb

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bomb - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbomb1bmob2bobm2bombb1bommb1obmb2
Edit distance from "bomb"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bomb"?
"bomb" is spelled B-O-M-B. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔmp\.
What does "bomb" mean?
As a verb, "bomb" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de bomben.
What words are commonly confused with "bomb"?
"bomb" is commonly confused with "bon", "box", "boy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bomb"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bomb" is \bɔmp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bomb" come from?
"bomb" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list