gober

\ɡɔ.be\

/\ɡɔ.be\/ verb

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The verdict

“gober” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,714
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avaler en aspirant, sans mâcher (en particulier : une huître, un œuf cru).

Corpus desk

Index FR-gober · gober · French

gober · rank #33,714 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,714
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glorifier

Nearest frequency peer: glorifier (-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 « gober »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gober » 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).

gober vs gore
60% similar
gober vs gode
60% similar
gober vs gone
60% similar

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

Key facts for gober
PropertyValue
Headwordgober
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡɔ.be\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,714
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gober »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).goberse 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 « glorifier » (#33,713), « gratifiant » (#33,715), « glaçage » (#33,712). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gober » est au #33,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gober (IPA \ɡɔ.be\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,714 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gober, with forms such as "gboer", "ggober", and "gobber". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "gode", "gone", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gober, spelled G-O-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avaler en aspirant, sans mâcher (en particulier : une huître, un œuf cru).
  2. 2
    Avaler vivement, manger goulûment.
  3. 3
    Ingurgiter.
  4. 4
    Croire aveuglément.
  5. 5
    Estimer, apprécier quelqu’un.
  6. 6
    pronominal Être plein de soi, s’en faire accroire, se la péter.
  7. 7
    Dans le jargon de la musique classique : se doper.
  8. 8
    Récupérer, attraper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle ne se défendait pas, et, tranquillement, le cou un peu renversé, la main en l’air, elle gobait des huîtres.
  2. Os ou viandes, légumes ou poissons, gâteaux ou pain sec, friandises, immondices, il gobait tout indifféremment avec autant de plaisir.

This word in other languages

gulp down(English)tragar(Español)schlingen(Deutsch)engolir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gboer
  • ggober
  • gobber
  • goberr
  • gobre
  • goebr
  • ogber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gober - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gboer2ggober1gobber1goberr1gobre2goebr2ogber2
Edit distance from "gober"

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 "gober"?
"gober" is spelled G-O-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.be\.
What does "gober" mean?
As a verb, "gober" means: Avaler en aspirant, sans mâcher (en particulier : une huître, un œuf cru).
What words are commonly confused with "gober"?
"gober" is commonly confused with "gore", "gode", "gone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gober"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gober" is \ɡɔ.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gober" come from?
"gober" 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 "gober", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

hogan#33,721innée#33,735fiole#33,686jadot#33,744

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

hollow7 variantsfairy7 variantslemon7 variantsMarian7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list