nob
/nɑb/noun, verb
nob is spelled N-O-B: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “knob vs nob” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, nob means “The head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nob is nobs.
How many letters and syllables are in nob?
| Letters | 3: N-O-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nob?
Nob appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 nob?
- UK /nɒb/
- US /nɑb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-nob.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nob
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: knob (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: knob.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with nob?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nob from its last stressed vowel (/ɑb/):
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 nob
- nobs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- nobbing participle, present
- nobbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The head.
He aimed a dreadful chopper at Baily’s nob.
- 2
A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
One for his nob.
- 3
slangThe glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
- 4
(vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
- 5
derogatoryA contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
- 6
IrelandUKslangA wealthy or influential person; a toff.
- 7
obsoleteObsolete form of knob (“rounded protuberance”).
verb
- 1
slangTo hit in the head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nob in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 nob come from?
Pronunciation spelling of knob. Nobleman sense from white-nob (“white-head”) (18th century), referring to the powdered wigs used by those having or affecting upper middle-class status.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).