# bede

> English word · Noun · IPA /biːd/ · frequency rank #43,050

## Definitions
1. Prayer, request, supplication
2. Rosary.

## Etymology
From Middle English bēde (“prayer, request, supplication, order, command, rosary, bead”), from Old English ġebed (“prayer, petition, supplication, religious service, an ordinance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bed, from Proto-Germanic *bedą (“prayer, entreaty”). Cognate with Dutch gebed and bede, German Gebet.

## Easily confused with
- **bet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bet)
- **ben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-ben)
- **BID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bid)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bye)
- **bee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bee)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bud)
- **beg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-beg)
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bel)
- **bey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bey)
- **bpd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bpd)
- **bod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bod)
- **bev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bev)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-boe)
- **bes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-bes)
- **ber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-ber)
- **BLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-ble)
- **been** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-been)
- **best** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-best)
- **body** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-body)
- **blue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-blue)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbede`, `bdee`, `bedde`, `beed`, `ebde`

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