bible
/ˈbaɪbəl/
"bible" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bible” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,775 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,775
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbaɪbəl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bible” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bible is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbaɪbəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,775 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bible, with forms such as "bable", "bbible", and "bbile". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BLE", "bill", "bike", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of… The correct English form is bible, spelled B-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
- 2Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).
- 3A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.
- 4A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.
- 5Ellipsis of pitch bible.
- 6A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter.
- 7Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
- 8A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
- 9Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
- 10The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.
Etymology
From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material). Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (> English writs) for "the Scriptures".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bable,bbible,bbile,bibble,bibel,biblle,bilbe,ibble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bible - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbaɪbəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “BLE” - see the side-by-side comparison. bible vs BLE
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.