# garb

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɑː(ɹ)b/ · frequency rank #28,558

## Definitions
1. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
2. A type of dress or clothing.
3. A guise, external appearance.

## Etymology
From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle High German gerwe (“outfitting, jewelry, clothing, robe, regalia”), modern German Gärbe, Gerbe and English gear), ultimately from Frankish *garwijan (“to prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).

## Easily confused with
- **GB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gb)
- **GR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gr)
- **gas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gas)
- **Gay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gay)
- **ger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-ger)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gre)
- **GDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gdr)
- **Gaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gaz)
- **gat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gat)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gru)
- **gob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gob)
- **GTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gtr)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gro)
- **gor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gor)
- **grr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-grr)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-grt)
- **gib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gib)
- **girl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-girl)
- **gave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-gave)
- **grab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-grab)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agrb`, `gabr`, `garbb`, `garrb`, `ggarb`

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