sib
/sɪb/adjective, noun, verb
sib is spelled S-I-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sib means “Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sib?
| Letters | 3: S-I-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 sib?
Sib appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 sib?
- /sɪb/
Sib has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sib.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sib?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sib.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bis.
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 sib
- sibber comparative
- sibbest superlative
- sibs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sibbing participle, present
- sibbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sib mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.
[…] they are sibber to you than ever Miss Innes was or will be; and if like to bid me, […]
- 2
Akin (to); similar (to).
[…] we are so much the sibber to Christ that we suffer; […]
noun
- 1
Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
- 2
A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
- 3
A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
- 4
Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
- 5
A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor
verb
- 1
To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.
- 2
To engage in repetitive behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting, or head-banging.
noun
- 1
Initialism of self-injurious behavior.
- 2
Abbreviation of sodium-ion battery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sib come from?
From Middle English sib, from Old English sibb (“related, akin, sib”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjaz (“related”), from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”). Cognate with West Frisian besibbe (“related”), Middle Dutch sibbe (“related”), Middle Low German sibbe (“related”), Middle High German sippe (“related”), Icelandic sifi (“related”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).