soba
[ˈsɔba]
The verdict
“soba” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zimmer, Stube
Corpus desk
Index DE-soba · soba · German
soba · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soba |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsɔba] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „soba“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
soba is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsɔba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zimmer, Stube".
soba has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is soba, spelled S-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1Zimmer, Stube
This word in other languages
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