neb
/nɛb/noun
neb is spelled N-E-B: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, neb means “A bird's beak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neb is nebs.
How many letters and syllables are in neb?
| Letters | 3: N-E-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is neb?
Neb appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce neb?
- /nɛb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-neb.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neb?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as neb.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ben.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of neb
- nebs plural
- nib
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neb mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bird's beak.
- 2
obsoleteA person's mouth.
- 3
A person's nose.
- 4
The peak of a flat cap.
- 5
The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- 6
A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- 7
A nib, as of a pen.
- 8
Clipping of nebulizer.
[…] the standard nebulizer treatment is withheld from the child. […] Other physicians and nurses not associated with the hospital told me […] "the child either needs a neb or doesn't need a neb."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does neb come from?
From Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).