soba
/ˈsoʊbə/noun
soba is spelled S-O-B-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soba means “A Japanese buckwheat noodle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soba is sobas.
How many letters and syllables are in soba?
| Letters | 4: S-O-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 soba?
Soba appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 soba?
- UK /ˈsəʊbə/
- US /ˈsoʊbə/
- /ˈsɐʉbɘ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-soba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with soba
Sounds like: sober (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with soba?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as soba from its last stressed vowel (/oʊbə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sabo, asbo, baso.
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 soba
- sobas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Japanese buckwheat noodle.
- 2
A traditional community leader in Angola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soba in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese buckwheat noodle:
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 soba come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (soba).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).