kob
/kɒb/noun
kob is spelled K-O-B: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kob means “An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kob is kobs.
How many letters and syllables are in kob?
| Letters | 3: K-O-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kob?
Kob appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kob?
- /kɒb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with kob?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kob.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bok.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kob
- kobs plural
- koba
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
- 2
Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kob come from?
Probably from Kanuri kob (“antelope”) or another related Central Sudanic form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).