à la zob
\a la zɔb\
The verdict
“à la zob” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de à la zeub.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-zob · à la zob · French
à la zob · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à la zob |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la zɔb\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à la zob » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à la zob is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la zɔb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de à la zeub.".
à la zob has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à la zob, spelled À- -L-A- -Z-O-B.
Definition
- 1Variante de à la zeub.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la zob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], et le résultat est pourri - on a juste entendu que vous aviez joué à la zob, sans préparation, sans organisation, mochement, donc.
Je sortis alors mon téléphone portable de ma poche et déclarai : J'ai de bonnes raisons de penser que vous avez interchangé les plaques de deux voitures un peu à la zob, peut-être même de façon illégale.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.