plebe
[ˈpleβ̞e]
The verdict
“plebe” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,791 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,791
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios
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 | 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) |
Where “plebe” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for plebe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 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
- 1Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios
- 2Por analogía, estamento de la sociedad medieval, formado por quienes no integraban el clero ni la nobleza
- 3Por extensión, conjunto de las capas populares de una sociedad, aunque no sea esta estamentaria
- 4Niño, chico, joven, inexperto
Antonyms
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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.
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.
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Using “plebe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-L-E-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpleβ̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “puede” - see the side-by-side comparison. plebe vs puede
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.