snober

\snɔ.be\

/\snɔ.be\/ verb

The verdict

“snober” is uncommon French (frequency #81,585 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,585
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traiter quelqu’un avec mépris, mépriser, dédaigner

Corpus desk

Index FR-snober · snober · French

snober · rank #81,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,585
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SNLE

Nearest frequency peer: SNLE (-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 « snober »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « snober » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for snober
PropertyValue
Headwordsnober
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\snɔ.be\
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,585
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « snober » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.snobertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « SNLE » (#81,584), « società » (#81,586), « smicard » (#81,583). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « snober » est au #81,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

snober is uncommon French at frequency #81,585 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \snɔ.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for snober in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is snober, spelled S-N-O-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traiter quelqu’un avec mépris, mépriser, dédaigner
  2. 2
    Ignorer, refuser une faveur, un honneur ou une obligation sociale

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il m’a bien vue à cette soirée mais il m’a snobée.
  2. La fin des restrictions a conduit ensuite les gens des villes à prendre de la distance, à snober les paysans.

This word in other languages

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 "snober"?
"snober" is spelled S-N-O-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \snɔ.be\.
What does "snober" mean?
As a verb, "snober" means: Traiter quelqu’un avec mépris, mépriser, dédaigner
How do you pronounce "snober"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "snober" is \snɔ.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "snober" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list