gobe

/\ɡɔb\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,359

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gobe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Variante orthographique de gobbe. Pronounced \ɡɔb\. Often confused with gré and got.

Key facts for gobe
PropertyValue
Headwordgobe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔb\
Letters4
Frequency rank#47,359
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gobe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gobe is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔb\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,359 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante orthographique de gobbe.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for gobe, with forms such as "gboe", "ggobe", and "gobbe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gré", "got", "god", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gobe, spelled G-O-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de gobbe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gboe,ggobe,gobbe,goeb,ogbe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gobe

Misspelling Variants of "gobe"

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Misspelling Variants of "gobe"

Frequency rank: #47,359 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gobe"?
"gobe" is spelled G-O-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔb\.
What does "gobe" mean?
As a noun, "gobe" means: Variante orthographique de gobbe.
What words are commonly confused with "gobe"?
"gobe" is commonly confused with "gré", "got", "god". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gobe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gobe" is \ɡɔb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gobe" come from?
"gobe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.