lobe

/\lɔb\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,924

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lobe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Division d’une partie de certains organes formée par des sillons ou des échancrures. Pronounced \lɔb\. Often confused with loi and lol.

Key facts for lobe
PropertyValue
Headwordlobe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔb\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,924
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lobe is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔb\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,924 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for lobe, with forms such as "lboe", "llobe", and "lobbe". 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, "loi", "lol", "lot", 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 lobe, spelled L-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
    Division d’une partie de certains organes formée par des sillons ou des échancrures.
  2. 2
    Extrémité inférieure du pavillon de l’oreille.
  3. 3
    Parties du limbe ou des découpures larges de certaines feuilles plus ou moins séparé les uns des autres.
  4. 4
    Lobe séminal, un des deux corps charnus qui sortent de la semence des dicotylédones lorsqu’elle germe, et qui, dans plusieurs de ces plantes, se transforment en deux feuilles.
  5. 5
    Sorte d’arc de cercle qui entre dans l’ornementation de divers éléments architecturaux gothiques ou mauresques.
  6. 6
    Section continue d’un diagramme de rayonnement.
  7. 7
    Tir d’un ballon au dessus des adversaires.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lboe,llobe,lobbe,loeb,olbe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lobe

Misspelling Variants of "lobe"

lboe4llobe5lobbe5loeb4olbe4
Misspelling Variants of "lobe"

Frequency rank: #22,924 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lobe"?
"lobe" is spelled L-O-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔb\.
What does "lobe" mean?
As a noun, "lobe" means: Division d’une partie de certains organes formée par des sillons ou des échancrures.
What words are commonly confused with "lobe"?
"lobe" is commonly confused with "loi", "lol", "lot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lobe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lobe" is \lɔb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lobe" come from?
"lobe" 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.