Hebrew
/ˈhiːbɹuː/
"hebrew" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hebrew” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,154 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,154
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hebrew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhiːbɹuː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hebrew” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Hebrew is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhiːbɹuː/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,154 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hebrew, with forms such as "ehbrew", "hberew", and "hebbrew". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "here", "Hebron", "Hebrews", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́). The correct English form is Hebrew, spelled H-E-B-R-E-W.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Etymology
From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehbrew,hberew,hebbrew,heberw,hebreww,hebrrew,hebrwe,herbew,hhebrew
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hebrew - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Hebrew”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-E-B-R-E-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhiːbɹuː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “here” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hebrew vs here
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.