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Jumble

Definition: Jumble

Jumble

Noun

1. A confused multitude of things.

2. Small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie.

3. A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.

Verb

1. Be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled".

2. Assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence".

3. Bring into random order.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jumble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Note: Jumble \Jum"ble\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Jumbled; Jumbling.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Jumble

DomainDefinition

Mining

Derb. The place where veins intersect. (references)

Personal Care & Hotels

Name given to various types of small biscuits which are always made in the form of a ring. May be also flavoured with rind of lemon, citron, orange or aniseed, vanilla water. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Jumble

Synonyms: clutter (n), hodgepodge (n), jumbal (n), mare's nest (n), muddle (n), patchwork (n), smother (n), welter (n), confuse (v), mingle (v), mix up (v), scramble (v), throw together (v). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: jumbling (publishing & graphic arts).

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Synonyms within Context: Jumble

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arrangement

Verb: derange; disarrange, misarrange; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder; muss; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon.

Disorder

Noun: disorder; derangement; irregularity; anomaly; (unconformity); anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness; Adjective: disunion; discord. confusion; confusedness; Adjective: mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch, hotch-pot; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley; mere mixture; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles.

Mixture

Alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble; (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic; (variegation).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Jumble

English words defined with "jumble": BejumbleconfusinghopelessJumblingLurrynonsense, nonsensicalRaff, rummageword salad. (references)

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Modern Usage: Jumble

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Blackboard Jumble (1957)

A Jungle Jumble (1932)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Jumble

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Jumble

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Jumble pictures. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Jumble".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Garble; jumble; distort.Ante; plastic; clink; pile; piling; accumulation; aggregate; aggregation; amassment; assemblage; bank; barrel; buildup; chunk; collection; conglomeration; gob; great deal; hill; hoard; hunk; jumble; lump; mass; mound; oodles; pack; peck; pyramid; quantity.
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Use in Literature: Jumble

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There was something of the cloaca in this redoubt, and something of Olympus in this jumble.

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Usage Frequency: Jumble

"Jumble" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.55% of the time. "Jumble" is used about 349 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)92.55%32316,021
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.72%1397,576
Lexical Verb (base form)3.44%12101,599
Noun (proper)0.29%1339,140
                    Total100.00%349N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Jumble

Expressions using "jumble": be in a jumble in a jumble jumble bead jumble sale jumble together jumble up. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "jumble": jumble-filled, jumble-sale.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jumble

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jumble

556

jumble safari

5

word jumble

218

answer jumble word

5

jumble puzzle

141

boat jumble

5

jumble solver

84

boat jumble uk

5

bee jumble

54

jumble printable word

4

jumble solver word

26

free jumble puzzle

4

daily jumble

23

jumble solution word

4

jumble words

22

jumble printable

4

jumble word game

19

jumble solve word

4

jumble game

14

create jumble word

3

jumble word puzzle

14

jumble solve

3

jumble crossword

13

jumble solution

3

crossword jumble solver

12

jumble puzzle solver

3

help jumble

9

jumble today

3

answer jumble

8

jumble unscrambler

3

help jumble word

8

com jumble

3

jumble tv

7

jumble junction meet where wit wordplay

3

dictionary jumble

7

jumble newspaper

3

daily jumble word

6

jumble unscrambler word

3

jumble online

6

free jumble

2

free jumble word

2
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Modern Translation: Jumble

Language Translations for "jumble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tundem (budge, dodder, jiggle, niddle-noddle, nod, nutate, oscillate, quake, reel, rock, stagger, sway, swing, wabble, waddle, waggle, wamble, wobble), trazoj (agitate, break up, commingle, dash, dismay, distemper, disturb, fidget, flitter, flurry, fluster, flutter, harass, Harry, incommode, intermix, knead, perturb, poke, pother, ruffle, shuffle, stir, turn, vex), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), rrëmujë (alarm, bustle, clutter, disarray, disorder, disturbance, dust, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), pirg (aggregation, bank, clamp, cumulus, drift, heap, heaps of, huddle, hump, mountain, pile, stack), përziej (admix, adulterate, alloy, attemper, beat, blend, commingle, compound, confound, conglomerate, dash, drag in, embark, emulsify, implicate, intermingle, intermix, knead, malaxate, mingle, mix, shuffle, stir), ngatërroj (bedevil, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, disorient, disorientate, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, entangle, entrap, flummox, fuddle, garble, hash, immerse, implicate, intricate, involve, jerk off, lug in, make a hash of cutting, make a mess of, mess about, mistake, mix up, monkey, muddle, muddy, put out, Ravel, snarl, tamper, tie up), ngatërrim (bewilderment, confusion, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, implication, involution, mess, mingle-mangle, mixing, mixture, muddiness, muss), lëmsh (ball, clew, clot, jam, jumbal, mass, mix, mix up, pell mell, pellet, puff, ruck, tangle, welter, winding), lëkundem (dangle, falter, halt, hang, hesitate, jolt, nod, nutate, oscillate, pendulate, reel, rock, shake, shift, stagger, sway, swing, totter, vacillate, vibrate, wabble, wallow, wamble, waver, wobble), grumbull (abatis, aggregation, amassment, bank, batch, bevy, bunch, clamp, clump, cluster, collection, congeries, crowd, group, heap, mass, mob, mountain, pile, pile up, stack, stamp mill), byrek i ëmbël (mince pie). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), ‏مزيج (admixture, blend, commixture, compost, farrago, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixing up, mixture), ‏لخبط (mess, mess up, shuffle, tousle), ‏سوق خيرية (bazaar, fair), ‏خلط (admix, alloy, blending, confusion, metis, mingle, mix, mix up, mixing, mixture, scramble, shuffle), ‏ركام (bank, cumulus, drift, heap, mess, moraine, morass, mound, pile, stuff), ‏شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

размествам (change round, dislocate, interchange, permute, reverse, shuffle, transpose, unfix, unsettle), разбърквам (addle, agitate, clutter, derange, disarrange, disorder, litter, mess up, mix, mix up, muddle, puddle, rumple, scramble, tousle, trouble, tumble, unbalance, unfix, unsettle), кръгла курабийка (jumbal), обърквам (abash, addle, baffle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disjoint, dislocate, distract, embarrass, embroil, flatten, flummox, fluster, foil, fuddle, gravel, maze, mess about, mess around, mess up, muddle, muff, muss, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put off, put out, puzzle, sew up, snarl, stonker, throw out, tumble, vex, wilder), неуредица, неразбория (double dutch, mess, mix up, muddle, muss), бъркотия (bungle, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disturbance, dust, farrago, fuss, hash, havoc, huddle, hugger mugger, hurry-scurry, imbroglio, involution, involvement, jungle, maze, melee, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, razzle, razzle-dazzle, rout, salmagundi, skein, snafu, tangle, tumble, uproar, upset, welter), бърканица (mingle-mangle, tangle), друсане (bump, bumpy ride, jerk, joggle, jolt, jolting, rumble-tumble, shaking), друсам (jig, joggle, jolt, jounce, jump, shake), движа се в безпорядък. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zmatek (anarchy, bewilderment, chaos, circus, clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, embroilment, fluster, hash, hodge-podge, maze, mess up, mix up, moil, muddle, Mull, nonplus, non-plus, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, shambles, stew, tangle, tempest, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnup, upset, welter), zašmodrchat, poplést (become confused, confuse, darken, embarrass, maze, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle), míchanice (concoction, hodgepodge, hodge-podge), blázinec (bedlam, booby hatch, circus, confusion, lunatic asylum, madhouse, nut house, pandemonium, tangle). (various references)

   

Danish

  

småkage(r) (ring-biscuit), fisk (fish). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kransje (ring-biscuit), dooreenmenging van verschillende lettersoorten (mixture, pie). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

bonfara vendo (bazaar, fancy fair, jumble-sale). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کیک کوچک شبیه حلقه , تکان تکان خوردن (Joggle), سواری کردن (Drive, Saddle), شلوغی (Bustle, Chaos, Crowd), درهم امیختگی . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sotku (mess, muddle, tangle), sillisalaatti (mess, salad of pickled herring and vegetables), sekasotku (gibberish, mess). (various references)

   

French

  

mettre en désordre, magma, méli-mélo, mélanger, mélange de caractères, gimblette, fouillis, embrouiller, désordre, bric brac (jumble sale). (various references)

   

German

  

durcheinander (babel of tongues, bedlam, chaos, clutter, cluttered, confused, confusion, disorder, entanglement, hash, helter-skelter, in a mess, in a muddle, in confusion, mess, mix up, mixed up, muddle, muddled, muddled up, mussy, pell mell, piecemeal, punch-drink, tangle, tumble, upset). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυκεώνασ (bewilderment, farrago, hotpot, mess), κυκεών (hotpot, raff), σύμφυρμα (hodgepodge, hotpot, melange), συγχέω (becloud, confound, confuse, fuddle, muddle, snafu), συμφύρω (mash), μιγνύω ατακτώσ, μπέρδεμα (complication, confusion, snarl), μπερδεύω (baffle, bemuse, complicate, confound, confuse, enmesh, kink, mix up, muddle), ανακατώνω (admix, alligate, commingle, confound, intermix, mash, mingle, mix, muss, puddle, riffle, rumple, shuffle, tousle), ανακατεμένο κομμάτι (mixture, pie). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לערבב (blend, confuse, mess, mingle, mix, muddle, scramble, stir, temper), לבלול (mash, mingle, mix, stir), ערבובי" (clutter, confusion, disorder, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, muddle, muss, pastiche, tumble, welter). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zagyvalék (hash, hodgepodge, medley, mish-mash), összevisszaság (disarray, helter-skelter, hotchpotch, huddle, hurry-skurry, mess, mess-up, mish-mash, pell mell, pell-mell, promiscuity, promiscuousness, shambles, topsyturvydom, upturn). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kumpulan (corpus, gathering, pack, set). (various references)

   

Italian

  

miscuglio (admixture, blend, brew, compound, concoction, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, medley, mishmashes, mixture, motley), mescolarsi (admix, blend, intermingle, intermix, interosculate, mingle, mix), mescolare (admix, alloy, blend, compound, concoct, confuse, dose, get mixed up, intermingle, intermix, lots, mingle, mix, mix up, muddle up, shuffle, stir), mescolanza (alloy, blend, blending, commixture, medley, mix, mixture, promiscuity), guazzabuglio (bungle, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, mixture, muddle), farragine (farrago, muddle), confusione (abashment, ado, bedlam, carry on, chaos, clutter, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, fuss, haze, hotchpotch, hubbub, mess, mix up, muddle, noise, pother, puzzledom, shambles, stir), confondere (abash, addle, baffle, beat, become confuse, bemuse, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, embarrass, foil, garble, get mixed up, merge, mistake, mix, mix up, muddle, mystify, obfuscate, puzzle, stump), ciambella (bun, doughnut, life ring, rubber ring), carattere in fascio (mixture, pie), accozzaglia (rabble). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

がらがら蛇 (deserted, emptiness, empty, garbage, hollowness, odds and ends, pickled ginger, rattlesnake, sliced shouga prepared in vinegar served with sushi, to be deserted, to be empty, void), "れと同じ (complaining about various things, confusion, easily, effortlessly, game of make-believe, huddle, in this way, jarring sound, like this, mess, misspelling of "ko n ba n ha", misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", mix, rummaging sound, small and round thing rolling, so, something done together, something that changes frequently, such, suddenly, the same as this, trouble, utterly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

がらくた (garbage, odds and ends), "ちゃ"ちゃ (complaining about various things). (various references)

   

Manx

  

orchal (litter, spoil), mollid (coarseness, hairs, luggage, lumber, roughness, rubbish, rummage), mestey (churning, compound, confuse, cross-breed, dispense, garble, hybridize, interlace, mash, miscellany, mix, mixture, promiscuity, shuffle, stir), cur fud y cheilley (bemuse, confuse, derange, disarray, disorganization, disorganize, embarrass, litter, maze, perturb, puzzle, subvert; dislocation, tangle). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

virvar. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umblejay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

juntar em desordem, trapalhada (foul-up, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, huddle, imbroglio, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix, moil, muddle, mull, muss, puddle), solavanco (bouncing, bump, jolt, lurch, rumble-tumble), remexer (fossick, rake, rummage, search), puxão (jerk, lug, pluck, pull, tug, tweak, twitch, wrench, yank), pastel (cake, pastel, pastry, pate, pie, tartlet), misturar (admix, blend, combine, commingle, concoct, confound, diffuse, draw in, fuse, huddle, incorporate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, knead, mash, medley, merge, mingle, mix, mix up, shuffle, temper), mistura (admixture, blend, commixture, compound, concoction, cross, fusion, gallimaufry, half-and-half, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, mash, medley, miscellany, mix, mixture, olio, patchwork, salmagundi, shuffle), embrulhar-se, embaralhar (ball, mess around, mix up, muddle, obscure, shuffle), desordem (affray, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, clutter, confusion, daze, disarray, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, fuddle, intricacy, involution, involvement, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, muddle, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity, turmoil), confundir (addle, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, confusing, confute, daze, dazzle, disarray, disconcert, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, flabbergast, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, fog, gravel, interfuse, intermingle, maze, mistake, mix up, moider, muddle, muddy, mull, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, overwhelm, perplex, put out, puzzle, rattle, ravel, stagger). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zãpãci (addle, bedazzle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dizzy, embrangle, entangle, flurry, gravel, knot, maze, muddle, muss, nonplus, pie, pose, shuffle), zãpãcealã (Babel, bewilderment, confusion, daze, discomfiture, disorder, distraction, entanglement, flurry, fuddle, haze, kerfuffle, mix up, muddle, topsy turvy), talmeş-balmeş (confusion, farrago, fustian, glory-hole, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, hurry-scurry, mix up, muddle, olio, topsy turvy, upside down, welter), se învãlmãşi (swarm), se înghionti (jostle), pune de-a valma, harababurã (confusion, fuss, glory-hole, hubbub, mess, mix up, motley, muddle, pease meal, pell mell, turmoil, welter), fi pus de-a valma, fi amestecat, face talmeş-balmeş, covrigel dulce, confuzie (bewilderment, blankness, clutter, confusion, disorder, distraction, embroilment, fuss, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, mix up, muddle, obfuscation, shuffle, storm, tumble), amesteca (admix, adulterate, amalgamate, attemper, blend, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confound, confuse, cross, dilute, embroil, entangle, immix, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, intersperse, involve, medley, melt, merge, mingle, mix, muddle, pie, poison, rabble, shuffle, temper, work), amestec (admixture, blend, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, disarray, farrago, fusion, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, mash, medley, mixture, muddle, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver), încurca (complicate, confound, confuse, cumber, discomfit, embrangle, embroil, entangle, floor, foul, gravel, hamper, hash, hinder, intertangle, involve, maze, medley, muddle, nonplus, perplex, pile up, pose, put out, puzzle, restrain, shuffle, sputter, stump, tangle, trouble). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

суматоха (bustle, clutter, fuss, helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, kerfuffle, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, ruffle, rumpus, splutter, to-do, tumult, tumults, turmoil), смесь (amalgam, blend, chow-chow, collectanea, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, farrago, hotchpotch, interfusion, intermixture, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, potpourri, salmagundi), смешиваться (blend, intermingle, intermix, mingle), смешивать (blend, commingle, compound, confound, confuse, cream, intermingle, intermix, malax, mess up, mingle, mix, mix up, mixed), сладкая сдобная пышка, толчея (jam, stamp mill, stamp-mill), куча (clamp, congeries, cumulus, heap, mountain, pile, pileup, stack), беспорядочно двигаться, беспорядочно двигать, беспорядочная смесь (jumbal), путать путаница, перепутать (mix up), двигаться в беспорядке. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zbrka (bungle, confusion, disarray, fuddle, helter-skelter, hugger mugger, imbroglio, macaronics, maze, mess, mishmash, muddle, muss, omnium gatherum, pell mell, welter), promućkati (shake), pomešati (admix, blend, commingle, compost, intermingle, intermix, mix, rabble), mućkati (agitate, mix, shake), mešavina (admixture, amalgam, blend, composite, compost, congeries, farrago, hash, intermixture, medley, melange, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche), mešati (alloy, blend, mingle, mix, puddle, rabble, shuffle, stir). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

jaleo (commotion, dance, din, fuss, pandemonium, racket, row, shouting, to-do), revolverse para (fumble, shuffle), revoltijo (mess, salmagundi, welter), mezclar (admix, blend, commingle, concoct, intermix, lump together, mash, medley, mingle, mix, mix up, puddle, scramble), involucrar (implicate, involve), empastelamiento (mixture, pie), emburujar (bewilder, jumble together), confusión (abashment, baffle, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, mix-up, muddle, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, turmoil, welter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

virrvarr (addlement, clutter, huggermugger, maze, muddle, wilderness), sammelsurium (conglomeration), röra till (cock up, mess up, muss), röra (admixture, affect, be pertinent to, concern, farrago, gallimaufry, hash, higgledy-piggledy, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, huggermugger, mess, mixture, move, muck-up, muss, patchwork, pie, promiscuity, shambles, stir, touch, tumble, turmoil, welter, wilderness), blanda ihop (confound, interfuse, mix up, muddle, scramble). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ยุ่งเหยิง (foul, higgledy-piggledy, muddy, ravel, ruffled, sloppy, tangle), ของที่กองกันจนยุ่งเหยิง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

karmakarışık etmek (cock up, create disorder, jumble together, jumble up, mix up, play hob with, raise hob with, snafu), karmakarışık şey (farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, macaroni), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, blend, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muddle, muss, pick, poke, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, stir up, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), karışmak (amalgamate, be confused, be mixed up, blend, butt in, combine, commingle, commix, concern, concern oneself, cut in, cut into, get mixed, have one's hand in, interfere, interfuse, interlace, intermeddle, intervene, jumble together, jumble up, meddle, meld, merge, mingle, mix, mix in, pick at, pick over, poke one's nose into, put one's nose into, put one's oar in, slip in, step in, strike in, take up, tamper, thicken, thrust one's nose in, thrust one's nose into, thrust oneself in, welter, whirl), karışık iş (complicated matter, imbroglio). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

рухатися безладно, штовханина (commotion, cram, crush, hustle, jostle, squash, throng), змішуватися (admix, commix, immingle, intermingle, intermix, mingle), змішувати (allay, blend, combine, commingle, commix, compound, confound, immingle, intermingle, intermix, jumble together, medley, mingle, mix), збовтувати (agitate, churn, shake up, stir up), безладна суміш, плутанина (boggle, confusion, derangement, embroilment, hubbub, hurly burly, intricacy, involute, maze, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, pellmell, puddle, skein, snarl, snarl up, tangle, wooliness, woolliness). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mớ bòng bong. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Jumble

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

confudisset, confudisti, confudistis, confudit, confundam, confundamur, confundamus, confundantur, confundar, confundaris, confundas, confundat, confundatur, confunde, confundebat, confundemini, confundens, confundentur, confundere, confunderis, confundet, confundetur, confundimini, confundit, confunditis, confunditur, confundor, confusa, confusi, confusum, confusus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Jumble

Derivations

Words beginning with "jumble": jumbled, jumbler, jumblers, jumbles. (additional references)

Words ending with "jumble": bejumble. (additional references)

Words containing "jumble": bejumbled, bejumbles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Jumble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cumble, dumble, Gumble, Jable, jambe, jobble, Jommelli, Jubula, jumb, Jumblie, Jurmala, numble, umble. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Jumble"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "jumble" (pronounced ju"mbul)
5-u" m b u lBumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, stumble, mumble, rumble, tumble, umbel.
4-m b u lamble, assemble, bramble, cymbal, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, gamble, symbol, nimble, preamble, ramble, reassemble, resemble, scramble, shamble, thimble, tremble, unscramble, wamble.
3-b u lincurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, able, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, breakable, bubble, buildable, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gable, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tunable, turntable, typeable, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Jumble

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-j-l-m-u"

-1 letter: blume, umbel.

-2 letters: blue, jube, lube, mule.

-3 letters: bel, bum, elm, emu, jeu, leu, lum, mel.

-4 letters: be, el, em, me, mu, um.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-j-l-m-u"
 

+1 letter: jumbled, jumbler, jumbles.

 

+2 letters: bejumble, jumblers.

 

+3 letters: bejumbled, bejumbles.

 

+4 letters: bejumbling, lumberjack.

 

+5 letters: lumberjacks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Sounds
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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