# Hubble

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhʌbəl/ · frequency rank #24,786

## Definitions
1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
3. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

## Easily confused with
- **hubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-hubby)
- **humble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-humble)
- **hustle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-hustle)
- **hurdle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-hurdle)
- **humbly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-humbly)
- **huddle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-huddle)
- **humbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-humbled)
- **hobbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbled-vs-hubble)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hbuble`, `hhubble`, `hubbel`, `hubblle`, `hublbe`, `huble`, `uhbble`

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