scrobble
/ˈskɹɒbəl/verb, noun
scrobble is spelled S-C-R-O-B-B-L-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, scrobble means “To waylay, kidnap or steal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scrobble?
| Letters | 8: S-C-R-O-B-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th 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; 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 scrobble?
Scrobble appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 scrobble?
- /ˈskɹɒbəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-scrobble.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scrobble?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as scrobble.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cobblers.
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 scrobble
- scrobbles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- scrobbling participle, present
- scrobbled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scrobble mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo waylay, kidnap or steal.
- 2
To publish one's media consumption habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain items are played.
noun
- 1
A datum or the aggregate data collected by this means.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scrobble come from?
1927, in the book The Midnight Folk by John Masefield.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).