deb
noun
deb is spelled D-E-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Deb, the name). As a noun, deb means “A debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deb is debs.
How many letters and syllables are in deb?
| Letters | 3: D-E-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is deb?
Deb appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Deb, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce deb?
- US
Deb has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-deb.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with deb?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as deb.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bed.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of deb
- debs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deb mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).
- 2
informalA debutante ball or debut.
- 3
datedslangA female member of a gang.
noun
- 1
Initialism of dynamic energy budget.
- 2
Initialism of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does deb come from?
Clipping of debutante or debut.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).