# Nobel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nəʊˈbɛl/ · frequency rank #9,073

## Definitions
1. A surname from Swedish, especially referring to Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and philanthropist.

## Etymology
From Swedish Nobel.

## Easily confused with
- **Noe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-noe)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-note)
- **none** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-none)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-nose)
- **nope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-nope)
- **node** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-node)
- **Noel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-noel)
- **nome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-nome)
- **notes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-notes)
- **noted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-noted)
- **novel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-novel)
- **noble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-noble)
- **nosed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-nosed)
- **Noyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-noyes)
- **novels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-novels)
- **nobles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nobel-vs-nobles)
- **nob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nobel)
- **Nigel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nobel)
- **navel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/navel-vs-nobel)
- **Nabil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nabil-vs-nobel)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nboel`, `nnobel`, `nobbel`, `nobell`, `noebl`, `onbel`

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