Lobb
"lobb" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lobb” is uncommon English (frequency #91,750 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,750
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lobb · Lobb · English
Lobb · rank #91,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,750
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH llyn
Nearest frequency peer: llyn (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Lobb”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Likert
Likert
8,258 corpus weight
- llyn
llyn
8,252 corpus weight
- Lobb
Lobb
8,251 corpus weight
- looter
looter
8,248 corpus weight
- lording
lording
8,247 corpus weight
- lory
lory
8,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lobb” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lobb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lobb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lobb is uncommon English at frequency #91,750 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Lobb has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: English surname, from several placenames derived from the noun lob (“lump”). Also from the sense lob (“spider”), from Middle English loppe. The correct English form is Lobb, spelled L-O-B-B.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2An unincorporated community in Green County, Kentucky, United States.
Etymology
English surname, from several placenames derived from the noun lob (“lump”). Also from the sense lob (“spider”), from Middle English loppe.
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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