Kaleb
/ˈkeɪ.lɛb/
"kaleb" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kaleb” is uncommon English (frequency #60,206 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,206
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kaleb · Kaleb · English
Kaleb · rank #60,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,206
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH kak
Nearest frequency peer: kak (-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 “Kaleb”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jyoti
Jyoti
39,799 corpus weight
- kaito
kaito
39,797 corpus weight
- kak
kak
39,796 corpus weight
- Kaleb
Kaleb
39,795 corpus weight
- Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
39,794 corpus weight
- Kamchatka
Kamchatka
39,793 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kaleb” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaleb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪ.lɛb/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kaleb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kaleb is uncommon English at frequency #60,206 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkeɪ.lɛb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kaleb in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew כלב (“dog”), possibly referring to a dog’s unconditional devotion to its master. The correct English form is Kaleb, spelled K-A-L-E-B.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.
Etymology
From Hebrew כלב (“dog”), possibly referring to a dog’s unconditional devotion to its master.
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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