snobs
\snɔb\
The verdict
“snobs” is uncommon French (frequency #54,267 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,267
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de snob.
Corpus desk
Index FR-snobs · snobs · French
snobs · rank #54,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,267
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH skyline
Nearest frequency peer: skyline (-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 « snobs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- signora
signora
45,737 corpus weight
- Sisteron
Sisteron
45,736 corpus weight
- skyline
skyline
45,735 corpus weight
- snobs
snobs
45,734 corpus weight
- socioprofes…
socioprofessionnelle
45,733 corpus weight
- soigneux
soigneux
45,732 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « snobs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | snobs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \snɔb\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « snobs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
snobs is uncommon French at frequency #54,267 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \snɔb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de snob.".
snobs has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is snobs, spelled S-N-O-B-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de snob.
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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