Kobe

name

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The verdict

“Kobe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,224
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kobe · Kobe · French

Kobe · rank #28,224 · 5 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,224
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kangourou

Nearest frequency peer: kangourou (-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 « Kobe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kobe » 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).

Kobe vs koh
25% similar
Kobe vs koi
25% similar
Kobe vs kou
25% similar

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

Key facts for Kobe
PropertyValue
HeadwordKobe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,224
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kobe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Kobese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kangourou » (#28,223), « Kraft » (#28,225), « Kruger » (#28,226). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kobe » est au #28,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kobe, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,224 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kobe, with forms such as "kboe", "kkobe", and "kobbe". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "koh", "koi", "kou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Kobe, spelled K-O-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vendredi, les plus grands fans parisiens pourront également se faire dédicacer leur boîte par le designeur Rok Zgalin Kobe, au Lego Store du Forum des Halles (1ᵉʳ).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kboe
  • kkobe
  • kobbe
  • koeb
  • okbe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kobe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

kboe2kkobe1kobbe1koeb2okbe2
Edit distance from "Kobe"

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 "Kobe"?
"Kobe" is spelled K-O-B-E.
What does "Kobe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kobe" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Kobe"?
"Kobe" is commonly confused with "koh", "koi", "kou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Kobe" come from?
"Kobe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kobe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

late#28,229Issa#28,216holy#28,194hess#28,193

Similar misspelling depth

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

jarre5 variantspaon5 variantsremi5 variantssise5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list