superb
/suˈpɝb/
"superb" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superb” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,618
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
Corpus desk
Index EN-superb · superb · English
superb · rank #7,618 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,618
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH suburbs
Nearest frequency peer: suburbs (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “superb”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- stuffed
stuffed
92,386 corpus weight
- substantial…
substantially
92,385 corpus weight
- suburbs
suburbs
92,384 corpus weight
- superb
superb
92,383 corpus weight
- supposedly
supposedly
92,382 corpus weight
- tab
tab
92,381 corpus weight
What this shows “superb” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /suˈpɝb/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “superb”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around superb (IPA /suˈpɝb/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,618 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for superb, with forms such as "spuerb", "ssuperb", and "sueprb". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "supra", "supper", "superbly", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin superbus. The correct English form is superb, spelled S-U-P-E-R-B.
Definition
- 1First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
- 2Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
- 3Haughty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how superb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This champagne is superb.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerb
- ssuperb
- sueprb
- supebr
- superbb
- superrb
- supperb
- supreb
- usperb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superb - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).