bomber

\bɔ̃.be\

/\bɔ̃.be\/ verb

The verdict

“bomber” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,728. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,728
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre convexe, cintrer comme une bombe, arrondir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bomber · bomber · French

bomber · rank #36,728 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,728
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blanchâtre

Nearest frequency peer: blanchâtre (-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 « bomber »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bomber » 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).

bomber vs boyer
67% similar
bomber vs boxer
67% similar
bomber vs bouger
67% similar

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

Key facts for bomber
PropertyValue
Headwordbomber
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɔ̃.be\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,728
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bomber »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bomberse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « blanchâtre » (#36,727), « Bosphore » (#36,729), « Blablacar » (#36,726). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bomber » est au #36,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bomber (IPA \bɔ̃.be\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,728 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bomber, with forms such as "bbomber", "bmober", and "bobmer". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "boyer", "boxer", "bouger", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bomber, spelled B-O-M-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre convexe, cintrer comme une bombe, arrondir.
  2. 2
    Devenir convexe.
  3. 3
    Espérer en vain ; se gratter.
  4. 4
    Taguer, faire un graffiti, peindre avec une bombe aérosol de peinture.
  5. 5
    Charger une plate-bande de terre afin de le rendre convexe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bomber un chemin, une rue, un ouvrage de sculpture, d’orfèvrerie, de menuiserie, etc. — Bomber le dos, l’échine, les épaules.
  2. le pharmacien, avec son fils Napoléon entre ses jambes, bombait sa main contre son oreille pour ne pas perdre une seule syllabe.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbomber
  • bmober
  • bobmer
  • bombber
  • bomberr
  • bombre
  • bomebr
  • bommber
  • obmber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbomber1bmober2bobmer2bombber1bomberr1bombre2bomebr2bommber1
Edit distance from "bomber"

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 "bomber"?
"bomber" is spelled B-O-M-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃.be\.
What does "bomber" mean?
As a verb, "bomber" means: Rendre convexe, cintrer comme une bombe, arrondir.
What words are commonly confused with "bomber"?
"bomber" is commonly confused with "boyer", "boxer", "bouger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bomber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bomber" is \bɔ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bomber" come from?
"bomber" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list