plebe

Name: plebe, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈpleβ̞e]

/[ˈpleβ̞e]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“plebe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,791
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios

Corpus desk

Index ES-plebe · plebe · Spanish

plebe · rank #29,791 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,791
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH pleitos

Nearest frequency peer: pleitos (+1 rank slots)

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.

pertenezca

70,215
playlist

70,212
plebe

70,210
pleitos

70,209
plomero

70,208
predice

70,205

What this shows “plebe” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plebe vs puede

60% similar

plebe vs pleno

60% similar

plebe vs plena

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plebe
Property	Value
Headword	plebe
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈpleβ̞e]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#29,791
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	18
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “plebe”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).plebecae aquí:

#29,791

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pleitos” (#29,792), “playlist” (#29,789), “plomero” (#29,793). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “plebe” va en #29,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around plebe (IPA [ˈpleβ̞e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,791 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for plebe, with forms such as "lpebe", "pelbe", and "plbee". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "puede", "pleno", "plena", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is plebe, spelled P-L-E-B-E.

Definition

1
Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios
2
Por analogía, estamento de la sociedad medieval, formado por quienes no integraban el clero ni la nobleza
3
Por extensión, conjunto de las capas populares de una sociedad, aunque no sea esta estamentaria
4
Niño, chico, joven, inexperto

Synonyms

estado llanotercer estado chusma masa populacho vulgo amateur infante inmaduro

Antonyms

patricio

This word in other languages

plebs(English)plèbe(Français)Plebs(Deutsch)plebe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

lpebe
pelbe
plbee
plebbe
pleeb
pleve
pllebe
pplebe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plebe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "plebe"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plebe"?

"plebe" is spelled P-L-E-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpleβ̞e].

What does "plebe" mean?

As a noun, "plebe" means: Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios

What words are commonly confused with "plebe"?

"plebe" is commonly confused with "puede", "pleno", "plena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "plebe"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plebe" is [ˈpleβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "plebe" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plebe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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