tobe
/təʊb/noun
tobe is spelled T-O-B-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Tobe, the name). As a noun, tobe means “A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tobe is tobes.
How many letters and syllables are in tobe?
| Letters | 4: T-O-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 tobe?
Tobe appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Tobe, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tobe?
- /təʊb/
Tobe 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).
Words people confuse with tobe
Also written: to-be (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tobe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tobe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bote, boet.
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 tobe
- tobes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tobe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).