E-book or ebook?
e-book is a noun meaning “An electronic book, a book published in electronic form”; ebook is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of e-book”.
What is the difference between e-book and ebook?
| e-book | ebook | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | An electronic book, a book published in electronic form | Alternative spelling of e-book |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | e-books | ebooks |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːbʊk/ | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 5.1 times per million words |
Sources: e-book and ebook in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of e-book and ebook
e-book
- 1
An electronic book, a book published in electronic form
ebook
- 1
Alternative spelling of e-book
- 2
Alternative spelling of e-book
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, e-book or ebook?
e-book is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; ebook 5.1 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).