cobble
/ˈkɒb.əl/
"cobble" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cobble” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,620
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cobblestone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cobble · cobble · English
cobble · rank #40,620 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,620
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coasting
Nearest frequency peer: coasting (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cobble”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cine
cine
59,387 corpus weight
- coastguard
coastguard
59,383 corpus weight
- coasting
coasting
59,382 corpus weight
- cobble
cobble
59,381 corpus weight
- CoC
CoC
59,380 corpus weight
- colonisation
colonisation
59,379 corpus weight
What this shows “cobble” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | cobble |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒb.əl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cobble”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cobble (IPA /ˈkɒb.əl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,620 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobble, with forms such as "cboble", "ccobble", and "cobbel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "cole", "Coyle", "couple", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le. The correct English form is cobble, spelled C-O-B-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1A cobblestone.
- 2A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- 3A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cobble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.
These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions.
Etymology
From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cboble
- ccobble
- cobbel
- cobblle
- coblbe
- coble
- ocbble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobble - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cobble", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).