# Elisabeth

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ᵻˈlɪz.ə.bəθ/ · frequency rank #21,196

## Definitions
1. The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures
2. A female given name from Hebrew, a less common form of Elizabeth in English.

## Etymology
The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

## Easily confused with
- **Elizabeth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elisabeth-vs-elizabeth)

## Common misspellings (13)
`eilsabeth`, `eliasbeth`, `elisabbeth`, `elisabeht`, `elisabethh`, `elisabetth`, `elisabteh`, `elisaebth`, `elisbaeth`, `elissabeth`, `ellisabeth`, `elsiabeth`, `leisabeth`

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