# gazebo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡəˈziːbəʊ/ · frequency rank #41,143

## Definitions
1. A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
2. A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent
3. a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object

## Etymology
Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.

## Easily confused with
- **gazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gazebo-vs-gazed)
- **gazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gazebo-vs-gazes)
- **gaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaze-vs-gazebo)
- **garbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garbo-vs-gazebo)

## Common misspellings (8)
`agzebo`, `gaezbo`, `gazbeo`, `gazebbo`, `gazeob`, `gazzebo`, `ggazebo`, `gzaebo`

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