Eber
"eber" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Eber” is uncommon English (frequency #95,929 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,929
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the son of Salah and the father of Joktan and Peleg.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eber · Eber · English
Eber · rank #95,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,929
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH earthmoving
Nearest frequency peer: earthmoving (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Eber”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- drogue
drogue
4,078 corpus weight
- earthmoving
earthmoving
4,073 corpus weight
- Eber
Eber
4,072 corpus weight
- electrum
electrum
4,068 corpus weight
- elephantine
elephantine
4,067 corpus weight
- emasculate
emasculate
4,066 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Eber” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Eber” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Eber is uncommon English at frequency #95,929 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eber, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿéver). The correct English form is Eber, spelled E-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1the son of Salah and the father of Joktan and Peleg.
- 2Surname and given name
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿéver).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).