wobble
/ˈwɑbl̩/noun, verb
wobble is spelled W-O-B-B-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wobble means “An unsteady motion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wobble is wobbles.
How many letters and syllables are in wobble?
| Letters | 6: W-O-B-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 wobble?
Wobble appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 wobble?
- US /ˈwɑbl̩/
- UK /ˈwɒbl̩/
Wobble has 2 syllables (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). Recordings: En-us-wobble.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wobble?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wobble from its last stressed vowel (/ɑbl/):
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 wobble
- wobbles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wobbling participle, present
- wobbled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wobble mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unsteady motion.
The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.
- 2
A tremulous sound.
There was a wobble on her high notes.
- 3
A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.
- 4
A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.
verb
- 1
To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis
- 2
To tremble or quaver.
The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.
- 3
To vacillate in one's opinions.
I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.
- 4
To cause to wobble.
The boy wobbled the girl's bike.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wobble in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vacillement , osciller, branler, vaciller |
| German | Schwanken , wackeln, eiern , Zittern, Tremolo, Beben |
| Portuguese | cambaleio, vacilação , cambalear, vacilar, titubear |
| Spanish | tambaleo, bamboleo , tambalearse, bambolearse , vacilar |
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 wobble come from?
From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), German wabbeln (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).