# kerb

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɝb/ · frequency rank #46,571

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of curb.

## Etymology
From curb (“raised border or frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve.

## Easily confused with
- **key** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-key)
- **KGB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kgb)
- **Kev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kev)
- **kew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kew)
- **KKR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kkr)
- **kor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kor)
- **keys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-keys)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kurt)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kirk)
- **Kerr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kerr)
- **knob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-knob)
- **Kira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kira)
- **kern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kern)
- **keto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-keto)
- **KORS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kors)
- **Kyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kyra)
- **Kerry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kerry)
- **Kirby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kerb-vs-kirby)
- **Ke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ke-vs-kerb)
- **KB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kb-vs-kerb)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ekrb`, `kebr`, `kerbb`, `kerrb`, `kkerb`, `kreb`

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