robb
[ʁɔp]
The verdict
“robb” is uncommon German (frequency #83,223 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,223
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs robben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | robb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁɔp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “robb” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
robb is uncommon German at frequency #83,223 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁɔp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs robben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for robb, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is robb, spelled R-O-B-B.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs robben
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 “robb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-B-B - 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.