bomba

//ˈbõŋ.ba// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,356

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bomba is aPortuguesenoun. It means: artefato explosivo usado como arma, empregado em guerras contra alvos militares ou civis, que pode ser lançado ou plantado: Pronounced /ˈbõŋ.ba/. It ranks #2,356 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with bota and bora.

Key facts for bomba
PropertyValue
Headwordbomba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbõŋ.ba/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,356
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bomba in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bomba is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbõŋ.ba/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,356 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bomba, with forms such as "bbomba", "bmoba", and "bobma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bota", "bora", "borda", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is bomba, spelled B-O-M-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    artefato explosivo usado como arma, empregado em guerras contra alvos militares ou civis, que pode ser lançado ou plantado:
  2. 2
    engenho pirotécnico composto de pólvora e estopim
  3. 3
    aparelho usado para sugar ou impelir fluidos:
  4. 4
    máquina empregada na extração de leite materno
  5. 5
    dispositivo usado para inflar (especialmente pneus ou bolas):
  6. 6
    canudo utilizado para tomar chimarrão, geralmente feito de madeira ou metal, achatado em sua extremidade inferior e cheio de pequenos furos que coam a erva-mate, permitindo a sucção apenas do líquido
  7. 7
    disco destinado a amortecer o choque entre vagões de comboio/trem
  8. 8
    vão ocupado pela escada principal da casa, compreendido entre o primeiro piso e a claraboia
  9. 9
    alçapão de estábulo pelo qual despeja-se palha nos cochos
  10. 10
    guloseima de massa cozida com recheio de chocolate ou creme
  11. 11
    chute forte:
  12. 12
    situação complicada
  13. 13
    acontecimento inesperado, surpreendente ou que causa grande repercussão:
  14. 14
    algo de péssima qualidade:
  15. 15
    nota baixa obtida em uma avaliação:
  16. 16
    repetição de ano escolar
  17. 17
    anabolizante usado para estimular o desenvolvimento dos músculos

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbomba,bmoba,bobma,bomab,bombba,bommba,obmba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bomba

Misspelling Variants of "bomba"

bbomba6bmoba5bobma5bomab5bombba6bommba6obmba5
Misspelling Variants of "bomba"

Frequency rank: #2,356 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bomba"?
"bomba" is spelled B-O-M-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbõŋ.ba/.
What does "bomba" mean?
As a noun, "bomba" means: artefato explosivo usado como arma, empregado em guerras contra alvos militares ou civis, que pode ser lançado ou plantado:
What words are commonly confused with "bomba"?
"bomba" is commonly confused with "bota", "bora", "borda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bomba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bomba" is /ˈbõŋ.ba/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bomba" come from?
"bomba" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.