Hebe
/ˈhiːbi/
"hebe" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hebe” is uncommon English (frequency #82,378 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,378
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hebe · Hebe · English
Hebe · rank #82,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,378
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hayfield
Nearest frequency peer: hayfield (-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 “Hebe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hata
Hata
17,627 corpus weight
- Haverfordwe…
Haverfordwest
17,625 corpus weight
- hayfield
hayfield
17,624 corpus weight
- Hebe
Hebe
17,623 corpus weight
- Hesperia
Hesperia
17,621 corpus weight
- heteronorma…
heteronormative
17,620 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hebe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hebe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhiːbi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hebe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hebe is uncommon English at frequency #82,378 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhiːbi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hebe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē, literally “Youth, Prime of Life”). The correct English form is Hebe, spelled H-E-B-E.
Definition
- 1The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.
- 2A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 36 Hebe, a main-belt asteroid.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē, literally “Youth, Prime of Life”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).