let be
"let-be" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“let be” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone (see let it be).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | let be |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “let be” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for let be is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for let be, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is let be, spelled L-E-T- -B-E.
Definition
- 1To not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone (see let it be).
- 2To stop, to stop doing something; to leave off (now used alone, formerly also + infinitive).
- 3Used to assign a value to a symbol.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “let be”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-E-T- -B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.