# MBE

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #31,650

## Definitions
1. Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.
2. Initialism of molecular-beam epitaxy.
3. Initialism of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.
4. Initialism of management by exception.

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-my)
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-me)
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mr)
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-ms)
- **MM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mm)
- **MO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mo)
- **mi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mi)
- **MP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mp)
- **MD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-md)
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mt)
- **MG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mg)
- **MC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mc)
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-ml)
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mn)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mu)
- **MK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mk)
- **MW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mw)
- **MV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mv)
- **MJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mj)
- **Mx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mbe-vs-mx)

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