ibex
/ˈaɪbɛks/
"ibex" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ibex” is uncommon English (frequency #58,756 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,756
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ibex · ibex · English
ibex · rank #58,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,756
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH humped
Nearest frequency peer: humped (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ibex”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hsieh
Hsieh
41,248 corpus weight
- Hubei
Hubei
41,247 corpus weight
- humped
humped
41,246 corpus weight
- ibex
ibex
41,245 corpus weight
- ideologue
ideologue
41,243 corpus weight
- illuminator
illuminator
41,242 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ibex” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ibex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɪbɛks/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ibex” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ibex is uncommon English at frequency #58,756 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaɪbɛks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ibex, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ībex (“chamois”), possibly from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Spanish bezerro (“bull”) (modern becerro (“yearling”)). The correct English form is ibex, spelled I-B-E-X.
Definition
- 1A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.
- 2An imaginary creature with serrated horns, somewhat similar to the heraldic antelope.
Etymology
From Latin ībex (“chamois”), possibly from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Spanish bezerro (“bull”) (modern becerro (“yearling”)).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.