# gabi

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,435

## Definitions
1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. Food from a taro plant.

## Etymology
From Tagalog gabi, from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

## Easily confused with
- **GB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gb)
- **gi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gi)
- **gas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gas)
- **Gay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gay)
- **gap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gap)
- **gal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gal)
- **gag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gag)
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gao)
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gui)
- **gan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gan)
- **gah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gah)
- **gar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gar)
- **gad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gad)
- **Gaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gaz)
- **gat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gat)
- **gam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gam)
- **gob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gob)
- **GBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gbs)
- **GBA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gba)
- **gib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gib)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agbi`, `gabbi`, `gaib`, `gbai`, `ggabi`

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