# fibre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #11,694

## Definitions
1. A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
2. Material in the form of fibres.
3. Dietary fibre.
4. Moral strength and resolve.
5. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
6. Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
7. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
8. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

## Etymology
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.

## Easily confused with
- **fir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fir)
- **fie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fie)
- **five** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-five)
- **fire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fire)
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fine)
- **firm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-firm)
- **file** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-file)
- **fife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fife)
- **FIDE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fide)
- **fired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fired)
- **fires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fires)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-flare)
- **fiery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fiery)
- **figure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-figure)
- **fierce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fibre-vs-fierce)
- **fib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fib-vs-fibre)
- **fare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fibre)
- **fiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiber-vs-fibre)
- **fable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fable-vs-fibre)
- **Favre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/favre-vs-fibre)

## Common misspellings (6)
`fbire`, `ffibre`, `fibbre`, `fibrre`, `firbe`, `ifbre`

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