Gbe
"gbe" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gbe” is uncommon English (frequency #78,626 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,626
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A family of closely related languages, such as Ewe and Fon, spoken near the south coast of western Africa.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gbe · Gbe · English
Gbe · rank #78,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,626
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gauzy
Nearest frequency peer: gauzy (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Gbe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fudd
fudd
21,383 corpus weight
- galatea
galatea
21,381 corpus weight
- gamertag
gamertag
21,379 corpus weight
- gari
gari
21,377 corpus weight
- gauzy
gauzy
21,376 corpus weight
- Gbe
Gbe
21,375 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gbe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gbe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #78,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gbe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gbe is uncommon English at frequency #78,626 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A family of closely related languages, such as Ewe and Fon, spoken near the south coast of western Africa.".
Gbe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the word gbe, meaning "language" in these languages. The correct English form is Gbe, spelled G-B-E.
Definition
- 1A family of closely related languages, such as Ewe and Fon, spoken near the south coast of western Africa.
Etymology
From the word gbe, meaning "language" in these languages.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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