# slob

> English word · Noun · IPA /slɒb/ · frequency rank #38,621

## Definitions
1. A lazy and slovenly or obese person.
2. A member of the Bloods.

## Etymology
From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin.

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-so)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-son)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sub)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sox)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sol)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-soy)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sly)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sos)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sob)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sod)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-som)
- **SLR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-slr)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-soe)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sop)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-soi)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-soa)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sou)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sor)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slob-vs-sot)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lsob`, `slbo`, `sllob`, `slobb`, `solb`, `sslob`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slob