# bibi

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,187

## Definitions
1. A grandmother.
2. A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.

## Etymology
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).

## Easily confused with
- **big** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-big)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bit)
- **bob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bob)
- **BID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bid)
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bin)
- **bio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bio)
- **BMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bmi)
- **Boi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-boi)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bis)
- **biz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-biz)
- **BRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-brb)
- **bub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bub)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bri)
- **Bic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bic)
- **bim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bim)
- **Bir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bir)
- **Bui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bui)
- **bill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bill)
- **bird** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bird)
- **bike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bike)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbibi`, `bbii`, `bibbi`, `biib`, `ibbi`

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