lobs

/lɒbz/

//lɒbz// noun

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"lobs" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lobs” is uncommon English (frequency #75,162 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,162
frequency rank, English
16,425
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of lob

Key facts for lobs
PropertyValue
Headwordlobs
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lɒbz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lobs” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). lobs lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lobs is uncommon English at frequency #75,162 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɒbz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of lob".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lobs in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is lobs, spelled L-O-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of lob

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lobs"?
"lobs" is spelled L-O-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is /lɒbz/.
What does "lobs" mean?
As a noun, "lobs" means: plural of lob
How do you pronounce "lobs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lobs" is /lɒbz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lobs" come from?
"lobs" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “lobs”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-O-B-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /lɒbz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list