plebe
/plib/noun
plebe is spelled P-L-E-B-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plebe means “A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plebe is plebes.
How many letters and syllables are in plebe?
| Letters | 5: P-L-E-B-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 plebe?
Plebe appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 plebe?
- US /plib/
- UK /pliːb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-plebe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plebe?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plebe from its last stressed vowel (/ib/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bleep.
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 plebe
- plebes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plebe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
- 2
obsoleteThe plebs, the plebeian class.
- 3
obsoleteThe similar lower class of any area.
- 4
USslangA freshman cadet at a military academy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does plebe come from?
From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), probably via Middle French plebe (“plebeians, commoners, the rabble”) and possibly later understood as a clipping of plebeian. Cognate with Italian plebe, Spanish plebe, Portuguese plebe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).