# cube

> English word · Noun · IPA /kjuːb/ · frequency rank #9,312

## Definitions
1. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
3. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
4. A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
5. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
6. Clipping of cubic inch(es).
7. An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, moreso than even a square.

## Etymology
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cue)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cur)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cui)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cure)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cups)
- **cult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cult)
- **Cubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cubs)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cunt)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-curb)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cues)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-curl)
- **cuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cuff)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-curt)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cube-vs-cusp)

## Common misspellings (5)
`cbue`, `ccube`, `cubbe`, `cueb`, `ucbe`

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