Hebe

//ˈɛ.bi// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,351

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Hebe is aPortuguesenoun. It means: deusa grega da juventude, filha de Zeus (equivalente ao romano Júpiter) e Hera (romano Juno), copeira do Olimpo que fornecia néctar e ambrosia aos deuses, foi dada em casamento a Héracles (Hércules... Pronounced /ˈɛ.bi/. Often confused with hey and her.

Key facts for Hebe
PropertyValue
HeadwordHebe
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɛ.bi/
Letters4
Frequency rank#37,351
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Hebe in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Hebe is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛ.bi/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,351 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hebe, with forms such as "ehbe", "hbee", and "hebbe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "her", "hem", 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 Portuguese form is Hebe, spelled H-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
    deusa grega da juventude, filha de Zeus (equivalente ao romano Júpiter) e Hera (romano Juno), copeira do Olimpo que fornecia néctar e ambrosia aos deuses, foi dada em casamento a Héracles (Hércules) quando este é feito deus
  2. 2
    nome próprio feminino
  3. 3
    um dos grandes asteroides do Cinturão Principal nomeado 6 Hebe (sexto a ser descoberto, por Karl Ludwig Hencke em 1847) e quinto em tamanho, com símbolo astronômico (representando um cálice de vinho, sugerido a pedido de Hencke por Carl Friedrich Gauss), dotado de grande densidade e composto principalmente de ferro e zinco

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehbe,hbee,hebbe,heeb,hhebe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hebe

Misspelling Variants of "Hebe"

ehbe4hbee4hebbe5heeb4hhebe5
Misspelling Variants of "Hebe"

Frequency rank: #37,351 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hebe"?
"Hebe" is spelled H-E-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛ.bi/.
What does "Hebe" mean?
As a noun, "Hebe" means: deusa grega da juventude, filha de Zeus (equivalente ao romano Júpiter) e Hera (romano Juno), copeira do Olimpo que fornecia néctar e ambrosia aos deuses, foi dada em casamento a Héracles (Hércules...
What words are commonly confused with "Hebe"?
"Hebe" is commonly confused with "hey", "her", "hem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hebe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hebe" is /ˈɛ.bi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hebe" come from?
"Hebe" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Portuguese index:

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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.