ribat

noun

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"ribat" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ribat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A border or frontier guardpost.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ribat · ribat · English

ribat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for ribat
PropertyValue
Headwordribat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ribat” in English

ribatsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ribat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ribat, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ). The correct English form is ribat, spelled R-I-B-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A border or frontier guardpost.
  2. 2
    A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost.
  3. 3
    The duty of some men to serve at such posts.
  4. 4
    The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands.
  5. 5
    A Sufi monastery.
  6. 6
    An Islamic convent.

Etymology

From Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ).

This word in other languages

rábida(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ribat"?
"ribat" is spelled R-I-B-A-T.
What does "ribat" mean?
As a noun, "ribat" means: A border or frontier guardpost.
What is the origin of the word "ribat"?
From Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list