glebe
/ɡlib/noun
glebe is spelled G-L-E-B-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glebe means “Turf; soil; ground; sod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glebe is glebes.
How many letters and syllables are in glebe?
| Letters | 5: G-L-E-B-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 glebe?
Glebe appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 glebe?
- UK /ɡliːb/
- US /ɡlib/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glebe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with glebe?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as glebe from its last stressed vowel (/ib/):
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 glebe
- glebes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glebe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
- 2
In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
- 3
A field or meadow.
- 4
A piece of earth containing ore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glebe come from?
From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).