plebe

/[ˈpleβ̞e]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,791

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

plebe is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios Pronounced [ˈpleβ̞e]. Often confused with puede and pleno.

Key facts for plebe
PropertyValue
Headwordplebe
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpleβ̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,791
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plebe in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plebe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpleβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,791 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for plebe, with forms such as "lpebe", "pelbe", and "plbee". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is plebe, spelled P-L-E-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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. 2
    Por analogía, estamento de la sociedad medieval, formado por quienes no integraban el clero ni la nobleza
  3. 3
    Por extensión, conjunto de las capas populares de una sociedad, aunque no sea esta estamentaria
  4. 4
    Niño, chico, joven, inexperto

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpebe,pelbe,plbee,plebbe,pleeb,pleve,pllebe,pplebe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plebe

Misspelling Variants of "plebe"

lpebe5pelbe5plbee5plebbe6pleeb5pleve5pllebe6pplebe6
Misspelling Variants of "plebe"

Frequency rank: #29,791 in Spanish

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?
"plebe" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.