Kobe
/ˈkəʊˌbiː/
"kobe" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kobe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,089
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kobe · Kobe · English
Kobe · rank #12,089 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,089
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kirby
Nearest frequency peer: Kirby (-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 “Kobe”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Katy
Katy
87,915 corpus weight
- kin
kin
87,914 corpus weight
- Kirby
Kirby
87,913 corpus weight
- Kobe
Kobe
87,912 corpus weight
- kris
kris
87,911 corpus weight
- Laurie
Laurie
87,910 corpus weight
What this shows “Kobe” 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 | Kobe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkəʊˌbiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kobe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kobe (IPA /ˈkəʊˌbiː/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,089 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kobe, with forms such as "kboe", "kkobe", and "kobbe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Koh", "koi", "Kos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 神(こう)戸(べ) (Kōbe). The correct English form is Kobe, spelled K-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1The capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
- 2A male given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kobe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One had a halfro and a Kobe Bryant Jersey that appeared to be unaccompanied by pants, toddler-sized Nikes peaked out from the bottom.
Donning a tracksuit in the colors of the American flag and a Team USA shirt that paid respect to the late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, Snoop Dogg laced up for a 200-meter exhibition race against Trinidadian former Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and two-time NCAA outdoor 200m champion Wallace Spearmon.
Etymology
From Japanese 神(こう)戸(べ) (Kōbe).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kboe
- kkobe
- kobbe
- koeb
- okbe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kobe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Kobe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).