lobe
/ləʊb/noun
lobe is spelled L-O-B-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lobe means “Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lobe is lobes.
How many letters and syllables are in lobe?
| Letters | 4: L-O-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 lobe?
Lobe appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 lobe?
- /ləʊb/
Lobe has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lobe.wav, En-us-lobe.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lobe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lobe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bole.
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 lobe
- lobes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lobe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.
- 2
A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung.
- 3
A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lobe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lobe |
| German | Ausformung, Vorsprung, Zipfel, Keule, Lobus, Zunge |
| Portuguese | lobo |
| Spanish | lóbulo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lobe come from?
From Middle French lobe in early 16th century, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).