# glebe

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡliːb/ · frequency rank #45,400

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.

## Easily confused with
- **glen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glen)
- **glue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glue)
- **glee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glee)
- **glib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glib)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-globe)
- **Glenn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glenn)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glove)
- **glide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glide)
- **glens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-glens)
- **globes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glebe-vs-globes)
- **gee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gee-vs-glebe)
- **gene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gene-vs-glebe)
- **Gabe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabe-vs-glebe)
- **ghee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ghee-vs-glebe)
- **Gere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gere-vs-glebe)
- **glare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glebe)
- **geese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geese-vs-glebe)
- **glaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaze-vs-glebe)
- **gleam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gleam-vs-glebe)
- **glade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glebe)

## Common misspellings (7)
`gelbe`, `gglebe`, `glbee`, `glebbe`, `gleeb`, `gllebe`, `lgebe`

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