Kobe
[ˈkoβ̞e]
The verdict
“Kobe” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,055
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad de Japón, en la isla Honshu, en la costa septentrional de la bahía de Osaka, en la falda del monte Rokko, capital de la prefectura de Hyogo. Reputada por su carne de vaca, pan, sake y gastro...
Corpus desk
Index ES-kobe · Kobe · Spanish
Kobe · rank #28,055 · 6 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,055
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH Kinder
Nearest frequency peer: Kinder (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kobe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jodió
jodió
71,949 corpus weight
- jurisdiccio…
jurisdiccional
71,948 corpus weight
- Kinder
Kinder
71,947 corpus weight
- Kobe
Kobe
71,946 corpus weight
- latir
latir
71,945 corpus weight
- Leicester
Leicester
71,944 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kobe” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kobe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoβ̞e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “Kobe” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Kobe (IPA [ˈkoβ̞e]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,055 among 248 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciudad de Japón, en la isla Honshu, en la costa septentrional de la bahía de Osaka, en la falda del monte Rokko, capital de la prefectura de Hyogo. Reputada por su carne de vaca, pan, sake y gastro...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kobe, with forms such as "kboe", "kkobe", and "kobbe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Kyle", "ko", "KGB", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Kobe, spelled K-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Japón, en la isla Honshu, en la costa septentrional de la bahía de Osaka, en la falda del monte Rokko, capital de la prefectura de Hyogo. Reputada por su carne de vaca, pan, sake y gastronomía. En Japón se la conoce como la Ciudad internacional debido al turismo, negocios y escuelas para extranjeros.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kboe
- kkobe
- kobbe
- koeb
- kove
- okbe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kobe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kobe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Kobe". Here's where to go from here.
- "Kobe" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Kyle". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #28,055 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.