shobe
/ˈʃo.be/noun
shobe is spelled S-H-O-B-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shobe means “the youngest sister” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shobe is shobes.
How many letters and syllables are in shobe?
| Letters | 5: S-H-O-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is shobe?
Shobe appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 shobe?
- /ˈʃo.be/
Shobe 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).
Forms of shobe
- shobes plural
- siobe
- shob
- shobs
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shobe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the youngest sister
- 2
informala younger sister; little sister
- 3
a young female junior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)
- 4
term of address for the youngest sister
- 5
informalterm of address for a younger sister
- 6
term of address for a young female junior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shobe come from?
Borrowed from Hokkien 小妹 (sió-bē, “younger sister; youngest sister”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).