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reb

noun

reb is spelled R-E-B: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reb means “Clipping of rebel: a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reb is rebs.

How many letters and syllables are in reb?

Letters3: R-E-B
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 reb?

Reb appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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).

Words people confuse with reb

Also written: rebel.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with reb?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reb.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: ber.

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 reb

  • rebs plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does reb mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    USClipping of rebel: a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier.

  2. 2

    Shortened form of Rebbe.

  3. 3

    An honorific used by traditional Jews, much like sir and mister/Mr.

    Reb Moshe Cohen - Mr. Moshe Cohen

noun

as Reb
  1. 1

    USAbbreviation of Rebel (“Confederate soldier”).

noun

as REB
  1. 1

    electronic warfare and related techniques, equipment, or troops.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does reb come from?

Clipping of rebel.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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