ZOB
[t͡sɛtʔoːˈbeː]
The verdict
“ZOB” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,968) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #42,968
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
Corpus desk
Index DE-zob · ZOB · German
ZOB · rank #42,968 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,968
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zentralisieru…
Nearest frequency peer: Zentralisierung (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „ZOB“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Zacken
Zacken
57,036 corpus weight
- Zensus
Zensus
57,035 corpus weight
- Zentralisie…
Zentralisierung
57,034 corpus weight
- ZOB
ZOB
57,033 corpus weight
- zugewiesenen
zugewiesenen
57,032 corpus weight
- zuhalten
zuhalten
57,031 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „ZOB“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ZOB |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [t͡sɛtʔoːˈbeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #42,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „ZOB“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ZOB is neighbouring look-alikes ("zu", "Zr", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [t͡sɛtʔoːˈbeː]. Frequency #42,968 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Gloss: "Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ZOB, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "zu", "Zr", "zum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ZOB, spelled Z-O-B.
Definition
- 1Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ZOB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gregor Hintz, Pressesprecher von MeinFernbus, stört sich am uncharmanten Ambiente des Berliner ZOB nicht: "Der Omnibusbahnhof in Berlin ist super, auch wenn er etwas älter ist", sagt Hintz.“
„Der ZOB in Berlin funktioniert gut, muss aber erweitert werden, weil er aus allen Nähten platzt.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).