jobe
/d͡ʒəʊb/
"jobe" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jobe” is uncommon English (frequency #56,206 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,206
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To harangue, to rebuke in a long-winded or drawn-out way.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jobe · jobe · English
jobe · rank #56,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,206
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH ironwood
Nearest frequency peer: ironwood (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “jobe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- initialize
initialize
43,802 corpus weight
- internation…
internationalism
43,801 corpus weight
- intersectio…
intersectionality
43,800 corpus weight
- intertidal
intertidal
43,799 corpus weight
- ironwood
ironwood
43,797 corpus weight
- jobe
jobe
43,795 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jobe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jobe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /d͡ʒəʊb/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jobe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jobe is uncommon English at frequency #56,206 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /d͡ʒəʊb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To harangue, to rebuke in a long-winded or drawn-out way.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jobe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: In reference to the Biblical character Job, who was known to give lengthy reproofs to his friends. The correct English form is jobe, spelled J-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1To harangue, to rebuke in a long-winded or drawn-out way.
Etymology
In reference to the Biblical character Job, who was known to give lengthy reproofs to his friends.
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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