Which to use
“vibe” and “vibes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,871
- “vibe” frequency rank
- #14,045
- “vibes” frequency rank
- 21916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vibe | vibes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. | plural of vibe |
Where the eye mixes vibe and vibes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. vibe (/vaɪb/) and vibes (/vaɪbz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vibe” sits inside “vibes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vibe is recorded at frequency rank #7,871, classified as anoun, pronounced /vaɪb/. vibes is at rank #14,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vaɪbz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21916, this pair ranks #420,420 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vibe vs vibes
Shared letters: beiv. Private to "vibe": -. Private to "vibes": s.
"vibe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vibes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC