gobbe
\ɡɔb\
The verdict
“gobbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boulette de farine utilisée pour engraisser la volaille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gobbe · gobbe · French
gobbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gobbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔb\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gobbe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gobbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gobbe, 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gobbe, spelled G-O-B-B-E.
Definition
- 1Boulette de farine utilisée pour engraisser la volaille.
- 2Boulette qui sert à empoisonner les animaux nuisibles.
- 3Nom donné aux concrétions que l'on retrouve dans les voies digestives des moutons. → voir bézoard
- 4Boulette alimentaire.
- 5Morceau arraché à quelque chose par un coup de dent.
- 6Bouchée d'aliment.
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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.