Caleb
/ˈkeɪ.ləb/
"caleb" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Caleb” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,487
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caleb · Caleb · English
Caleb · rank #14,487 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,487
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Calcutta
Nearest frequency peer: Calcutta (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Caleb”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Buckingham
Buckingham
85,517 corpus weight
- Calcutta
Calcutta
85,515 corpus weight
- Caleb
Caleb
85,514 corpus weight
- canopy
canopy
85,513 corpus weight
- Chennai
Chennai
85,512 corpus weight
- cherish
cherish
85,511 corpus weight
What this shows “Caleb” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Caleb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪ.ləb/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Caleb”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Caleb (IPA /ˈkeɪ.ləb/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,487 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Caleb, with forms such as "acleb", "caelb", and "calebb". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "care", "case", "call", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin Caleb, Calebus, from Koine Greek Χάλεβ (Kháleb), from Biblical Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), possibly related to כֶּלֶב (keleḇ, “dog”), referring to the unconditional devotion of dogs to their masters. The correct English form is Caleb, spelled C-A-L-E-B.
Definition
- 1Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Caleb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
"My brother's name was Caleb Peck." "What a fine old-fashioned name," said Mrs. Tabor.
Etymology
From Late Latin Caleb, Calebus, from Koine Greek Χάλεβ (Kháleb), from Biblical Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), possibly related to כֶּלֶב (keleḇ, “dog”), referring to the unconditional devotion of dogs to their masters.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acleb
- caelb
- calebb
- calleb
- ccaleb
- claeb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Caleb - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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