bombs

\bɒmz\

/\bɒmz\/ verb

The verdict

“bombs” is uncommon French (frequency #97,716 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,716
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bomb

Corpus desk

Index FR-bombs · bombs · French

bombs · rank #97,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,716
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bodrum

Nearest frequency peer: bodrum (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bombs »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bombs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bombs
PropertyValue
Headwordbombs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɒmz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bombs » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bombstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bodrum » (#97,715), « bondis » (#97,717), « Bondoufle » (#97,718). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bombs » est au #97,716. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bombs is uncommon French at frequency #97,716 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bɒmz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bomb".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bombs, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bombs, spelled B-O-M-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe 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 "bombs"?
"bombs" is spelled B-O-M-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɒmz\.
What does "bombs" mean?
As a verb, "bombs" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bomb
How do you pronounce "bombs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bombs" is \bɒmz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bombs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list