gibbet
/ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/
"gibbet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gibbet” is uncommon English (frequency #94,894 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,894
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gibbet · gibbet · English
gibbet · rank #94,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,894
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gemara
Nearest frequency peer: Gemara (-4 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 “gibbet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gasper
gasper
5,119 corpus weight
- gastropod
gastropod
5,118 corpus weight
- Gemara
Gemara
5,111 corpus weight
- gibbet
gibbet
5,107 corpus weight
- Girvan
Girvan
5,103 corpus weight
- goodmorning
goodmorning
5,097 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gibbet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gibbet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gibbet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gibbet is uncommon English at frequency #94,894 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gibbet in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”). The correct English form is gibbet, spelled G-I-B-B-E-T.
Definition
- 1An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
- 2The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
- 3A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gibbet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: gallows
Thy Friends without the help of Prophecie, / Read Goals^([sic – meaning Gaols]) and Gibbets in thy Deſtiny; […]
Etymology
From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).
This word in other 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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