sobald
\zoˈbalt\
The verdict
“sobald” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dès que, aussitôt que, au même temps que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sobald · sobald · French
sobald · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobald |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \zoˈbalt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sobald » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sobald is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \zoˈbalt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sobald in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sobald, spelled S-O-B-A-L-D.
Definition
- 1Dès que, aussitôt que, au même temps que.
- 2Dès que, aussitôt que, immédiatement après.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sobald appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Tod, sagte er, sobald wir alt genug waren, um solche Dinge zu verstehen, habe ihn sehr geschmerzt.
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