gobby
/ˈɡɒbi/
"gobby" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gobby” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
Corpus desk
Index EN-gobby · gobby · English
gobby · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gobby |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɒbi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gobby” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gobby is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡɒbi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gobby, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gob (“lump”) + -y. The correct English form is gobby, spelled G-O-B-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gobby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co.
...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show...
Etymology
From gob (“lump”) + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.