# suburb

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsʌbɝb/ · frequency rank #9,547

## Definitions
1. A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
2. The outer part; the environment.
3. Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

## Etymology
From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

## Easily confused with
- **superb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-superb)
- **suture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-suture)
- **suburbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-suburbs)
- **sunburn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-sunburn)
- **Sudbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-sudbury)
- **Sunbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-sunbury)
- **suburban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-suburban)
- **suburbia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-suburbia)
- **Subaru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/subaru-vs-suburb)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sbuurb`, `ssuburb`, `subburb`, `subrub`, `sububr`, `suburbb`, `suburrb`, `suubrb`, `usburb`

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