Bobby

\bɔ.bi\

/\bɔ.bi\/ name

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The verdict

“Bobby” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,963
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bobby · Bobby · French

Bobby · rank #9,963 · 6 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,963
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH banal

Nearest frequency peer: banal (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bobby »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Bobby » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bobby vs boy
40% similar
Bobby vs bobo
40% similar
Bobby vs body
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bobby
PropertyValue
HeadwordBobby
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bɔ.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,963
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bobby »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Bobbyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « banal » (#9,962), « boris » (#9,964), « ayons » (#9,961). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bobby » est au #9,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Bobby (IPA \bɔ.bi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,963 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bobby, with forms such as "bbobby", "bboby", and "bobbyy". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "boy", "bobo", "body", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Bobby, spelled B-O-B-B-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Bobby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour me consoler, Bob (on ne dit pas Robert, on dit Bobby, et Dick pour Richard, Bernie pour Bernard, Gerry pour Gérald, comme si nous étions des joueurs de hockey), Bobby donc, alors que nous attendons le bus pour aller au collège, m’annonce du haut de ses douze ans qu’il sera un jour premier ministre du Québec.

Synonyms

BobRobert

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbobby
  • bboby
  • bobbyy
  • boby
  • bobyb
  • obbby

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bobby - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbobby1bboby2bobbyy1boby1bobyb2obbby2
Edit distance from "Bobby"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bobby"?
"Bobby" is spelled B-O-B-B-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.bi\.
What does "Bobby" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bobby" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Bobby"?
"Bobby" is commonly confused with "boy", "bobo", "body". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bobby"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bobby" is \bɔ.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bobby" come from?
"Bobby" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bobby", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

banal#9,962boris#9,964ayons#9,961dorée#9,983

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

émet6 variantsveines6 variantsElena6 variantstram6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list