gerbe
/d͡ʒɜː(ɹ)b/noun
gerbe is spelled G-E-R-B-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gerbe means “Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gerbe is gerbes.
How many letters and syllables are in gerbe?
| Letters | 5: G-E-R-B-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gerbe?
Gerbe appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gerbe?
- /d͡ʒɜː(ɹ)b/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gerbe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gerbe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gerbe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grebe.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gerbe
- gerbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gerbe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA (wheat) sheaf.
- 2
Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
- 3
An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
- 4
A kind of ornamental firework.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gerbe come from?
Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).