hob
\hoːp\
The verdict
“hob” is uncommon French (frequency #88,727 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,727
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du prétérit de heben. (« soulever »).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hob · hob · French
hob · rank #88,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,727
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hiérarchisées
Nearest frequency peer: hiérarchisées (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hob »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hippocampes
hippocampes
11,277 corpus weight
- historiettes
historiettes
11,276 corpus weight
- hiérarchisé…
hiérarchisées
11,275 corpus weight
- hob
hob
11,274 corpus weight
- homéopathes
homéopathes
11,272 corpus weight
- hospitalo
hospitalo
11,271 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hob » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hob |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \hoːp\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #88,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hob » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hob is uncommon French at frequency #88,727 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \hoːp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hob, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hob, spelled H-O-B.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du prétérit de heben. (« soulever »).
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du prétérit de heben. (« soulever »).
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 "hob"?
What does "hob" mean?
How do you pronounce "hob"?
What language does "hob" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hob", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).