# noble

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈnəʊbəl/ · frequency rank #4,783

## Definitions
1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
2. A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.

## Etymology
From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”).
False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele.

## Easily confused with
- **Noe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noe)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-note)
- **none** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-none)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-nose)
- **nope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-nope)
- **node** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-node)
- **Noel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noel)
- **NOLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-nola)
- **nome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-nome)
- **noise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noise)
- **Norse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-norse)
- **noone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noone)
- **noose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noose)
- **noodle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noodle)
- **nobles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-nobles)
- **nozzle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-nozzle)
- **Noelle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-noelle)
- **notable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noble-vs-notable)
- **nob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-noble)
- **Nile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nile-vs-noble)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nbole`, `nnoble`, `nobble`, `noblle`, `nolbe`, `onble`

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