lobe

\lɔb\

/\lɔb\/ noun

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The verdict

“lobe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,924. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,924
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Division d’une partie de certains organes formée par des sillons ou des échancrures.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lobe · lobe · French

lobe · rank #22,924 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,924
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH liz

Nearest frequency peer: liz (-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 « lobe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lobe » 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).

lobe vs loi
50% similar
lobe vs lol
50% similar
lobe vs lot
50% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lobe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lobese 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 « liz » (#22,923), « ligaments » (#22,922), « loyaux » (#22,926). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lobe » est au #22,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around lobe (IPA \lɔb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,924 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lobe, with forms such as "lboe", "llobe", and "lobbe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lobe, spelled L-O-B-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chez la plupart des mammifères, des sillons plus ou moins profonds divisent chaque poumon en un certain nombre de lobes grands ou petits. Le nombre des lobes varie d'un à trois dans le poumon gauche, de deux à cinq dans le poumon droit.
  2. La scissure porte médiane divise le foie en deux parties fonctionnelles indépendantes : le lobe droit et le lobe gauche de Healey et Schroy, correspondant au foie gauche et au foie droit de Couinaud.

This word in other languages

lobe(English)lóbulo(Español)Ohrläppchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lboe
  • llobe
  • lobbe
  • loeb
  • olbe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lobe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lboe2llobe1lobbe1loeb2olbe2
Edit distance from "lobe"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

luck#22,927laon#22,919many#22,933kart#22,914

Similar misspelling depth

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

Maud5 variantsMOOC5 variantspiaf5 variantspope5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list