Cybele
/ˈsɪbɪliː/
"cybele" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cybele” is uncommon English (frequency #99,149 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,149
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cybele |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪbɪliː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cybele” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cybele is uncommon English at frequency #99,149 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsɪbɪliː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Cybele in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Cybelē, from Ancient Greek Κυβέλη (Kubélē). The correct English form is Cybele, spelled C-Y-B-E-L-E.
Definition
- 1A mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor.
- 265 Cybele, a main belt asteroid.
Etymology
From Latin Cybelē, from Ancient Greek Κυβέλη (Kubélē).
This word in other languages
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 “Cybele”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-Y-B-E-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.