# neighbor vs neighbour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### neighbor
*noun · IPA /ˈneɪ.bɚ/ · frequency rank #5,987*
US standard spelling of neighbour.

### neighbour
*noun · IPA /ˈneɪbə/ · frequency rank #11,430*
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neighbor-vs-neighbour