weeb
/ˈwiːb/
"weeb" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weeb” is uncommon English (frequency #63,363 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,363
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of weeaboo (in both senses).
Corpus desk
Index EN-weeb · weeb · English
weeb · rank #63,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,363
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH watercourse
Nearest frequency peer: watercourse (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “weeb”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- warpath
warpath
36,641 corpus weight
- watercourse
watercourse
36,639 corpus weight
- weeb
weeb
36,638 corpus weight
- WEF
WEF
36,637 corpus weight
- Weissman
Weissman
36,636 corpus weight
- Westmorland
Westmorland
36,634 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “weeb” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weeb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwiːb/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “weeb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
weeb is uncommon English at frequency #63,363 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwiːb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of weeaboo (in both senses).".
No misspelling variants are generated for weeb in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree English weeaboo ▲ English dweebinflu. English weeb Clipping of weeaboo, possibly under the influence of dweeb. The correct English form is weeb, spelled W-E-E-B.
Definition
- 1Clipping of weeaboo (in both senses).
Etymology
Etymology tree English weeaboo ▲ English dweebinflu. English weeb Clipping of weeaboo, possibly under the influence of dweeb.
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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