Gobi
[ˈɡoːbi]
The verdict
“Gobi” is uncommon German (frequency #78,051 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,051
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - riesige Wüsten- oder Steppenlandschaft in Asien auf dem Gebiet Chinas und der Mongolei
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gobi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡoːbi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gobi” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gobi is uncommon German at frequency #78,051 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɡoːbi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "riesige Wüsten- oder Steppenlandschaft in Asien auf dem Gebiet Chinas und der Mongolei".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gobi in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gobi, spelled G-O-B-I.
Definition
- 1riesige Wüsten- oder Steppenlandschaft in Asien auf dem Gebiet Chinas und der Mongolei
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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.
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Using “Gobi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-O-B-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.