rob
\ʁɔb\
The verdict
“rob” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,552 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,552
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suc épaissi et dépuré de plantes, de fruits cuits.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rob |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔb\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #9,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rob” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rob is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔb\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,552 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Suc épaissi et dépuré de plantes, de fruits cuits.".
No misspelling variants are generated for rob in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RT", "RP", "ru", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rob, spelled R-O-B.
Definition
- 1Suc épaissi et dépuré de plantes, de fruits cuits.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “rob”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɔb\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “RT” - see the side-by-side comparison. rob vs RT
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.