albeit
al·be·it/ɔlˈbi.ɪt/conjunction
albeit is spelled A-L-B-E-I-T, 3 syllables: al·be·it. The wrong spelling people search most is albiet: about 530 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 12 of all searches for the word. Albeit is a conjunction meaning “Although, despite (it) being”.
How many letters and syllables are in albeit?
| Letters | 6: A-L-B-E-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: al·be·it |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, albiet, about 530 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell albeit?
Albeit is spelled A-L-B-E-I-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 12 of the searches for albeit in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is albeit?
Albeit appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce albeit?
- UK /ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/
- US /ɔlˈbi.ɪt/
- /ɑlˈbi.ɪt/
Albeit has 3 syllables, split al·be·it in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-albeit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with albeit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as albeit (/iɪt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: albite.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of albeit
- albe
- albethey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does albeit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
conjunction
- 1
Although, despite (it) being.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Albeit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense although; despite (it) being – see also although, but:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bien que, quoique |
| German | wenn auch, wenngleich, obgleich, obschon |
| Portuguese | se bem que, mesmo que, ainda que |
| Spanish | no obstante, si bien, bien que, aun cuando |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does albeit come from?
From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that (“although it be that”), and thus composed from al (“completely, entirely”, literally “all”) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) + it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).