Gobi

[ˈɡoːbi]

/[ˈɡoːbi]/ name

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The verdict

“Gobi” is uncommon German (frequency #78,051 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,051
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - riesige Wüsten- oder Steppenlandschaft in Asien auf dem Gebiet Chinas und der Mongolei

Corpus desk

Index DE-gobi · Gobi · German

Gobi · rank #78,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,051
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gor

Nearest frequency peer: gor (+1 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 „Gobi“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gobi
PropertyValue
HeadwordGobi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈɡoːbi]
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gobi“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gobifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gor“ (#78,052), „gleichberechtigter“ (#78,048), „Granden“ (#78,055). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gobi“ bei #78,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gobi is uncommon German at frequency #78,051 among 5,117 “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

  1. 1
    riesige Wüsten- oder Steppenlandschaft in Asien auf dem Gebiet Chinas und der Mongolei

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gobi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Xiangshawan ist die östlichste Wüste Asiens, ein Ausläufer der großen Gobi.“
  2. „In der Woche nach Neujahr hat der Flugsand aus der Wüste Gobi die nördlichen und östlichen Schützengräben um die Stadt verweht und zugedeckt.“

Synonyms

Wüste GobiSchamo

This word in other languages

Gobi(English)

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 "Gobi"?
"Gobi" is spelled G-O-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡoːbi].
What does "Gobi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gobi" means: riesige Wüsten- oder Steppenlandschaft in Asien auf dem Gebiet Chinas und der Mongolei
How do you pronounce "Gobi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gobi" is [ˈɡoːbi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gobi" come from?
"Gobi" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Grog#78,066gams#77,998Hubs#78,126Kitz#78,188

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list