stob
noun, verb
stob is spelled S-T-O-B: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stob means “A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stob is stobs.
How many letters and syllables are in stob?
| Letters | 4: S-T-O-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 stob?
Stob appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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).
What rhymes with stob?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as stob.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bost.
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 stob
- stobs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- stobbing participle, present
- stobbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
- 2
A small post for supporting paling.
- 3
A wedge in coal-mining.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo stab.
- 2
ScotlandTo roof with stob-thatch.
- 3
ScotlandTo make mats with a stob tool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stob come from?
From Middle English; variant of stub.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).