bombo
/ˈbõ.bu/
The verdict
“bombo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,268 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,268
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tambor pequeno
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bombo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbõ.bu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bombo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bombo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,268 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbõ.bu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tambor pequeno".
bombo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Portuguese form is bombo, spelled B-O-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1tambor pequeno
Synonyms
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bombo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-M-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbõ.bu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.