# snub

> English word · Adjective · IPA /snʌb/ · frequency rank #33,022

## Definitions
1. Conspicuously short.
2. Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
3. Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.

## Etymology
From Middle English snubben (also snibben), from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Cognate with Danish snibbe, dialectal Swedish snebba.

## Easily confused with
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-su)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sun)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sum)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sue)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sup)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sob)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-stu)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sus)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sui)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-suh)
- **Sul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sul)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sou)
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sud)
- **SSB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-ssb)
- **soul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-soul)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-soup)
- **sour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-sour)
- **stab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snub-vs-stab)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nsub`, `snbu`, `snnub`, `snubb`, `ssnub`, `sunb`

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