boba

[ˈboβa]

/[ˈboβa]/ adj

The verdict

“boba” is uncommon German (frequency #96,762 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,762
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femininum Singular des Adjektivs bobo

Corpus desk

Index DE-boba · boba · German

boba · rank #96,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,762
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Botenstoffe

Nearest frequency peer: Botenstoffe (+5 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „boba“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „boba“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for boba
PropertyValue
Headwordboba
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈboβa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#96,762
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „boba“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bobafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Botenstoffe“ (#96,767), „boykottiere“ (#96,768), „braille“ (#96,769). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „boba“ bei #96,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boba is uncommon German at frequency #96,762 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈboβa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femininum Singular des Adjektivs bobo".

boba has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is boba, spelled B-O-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femininum Singular des Adjektivs bobo

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boba"?
"boba" is spelled B-O-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈboβa].
What does "boba" mean?
As an adjective, "boba" means: Femininum Singular des Adjektivs bobo
How do you pronounce "boba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boba" is [ˈboβa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boba" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list