gob
\ɡɒb\
The verdict
“gob” is uncommon French (frequency #82,991 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,991
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Crachat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gob · gob · French
gob · rank #82,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,991
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH glyphes
Nearest frequency peer: glyphes (-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 “gob”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- givrée
givrée
17,013 corpus weight
- glaber
glaber
17,012 corpus weight
- glyphes
glyphes
17,011 corpus weight
- gob
gob
17,010 corpus weight
- goulûment
goulûment
17,009 corpus weight
- gourdins
gourdins
17,008 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gob” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gob |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɒb\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #82,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gob” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gob is uncommon French at frequency #82,991 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɒb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crachat.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gob, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gob, spelled G-O-B.
Definition
- 1Crachat.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.