heeb
/hiːb/noun
heeb is spelled H-E-E-B: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, heeb means “A Jew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of heeb is heebs.
How many letters and syllables are in heeb?
| Letters | 4: H-E-E-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is heeb?
Heeb appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 heeb?
- /hiːb/
Heeb has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-heeb.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of heeb
- heebs plural
- hebe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does heeb mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USdatedderogatoryslangA Jew.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of heeb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does heeb come from?
Clipping of Hebrew.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).