tobi

\to.bi\

/\to.bi\/ noun

The verdict

“tobi” is uncommon French (frequency #74,430 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,430
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue chuuk parlée à Tobi aux Palaos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tobi · tobi · French

tobi · rank #74,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,430
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tiaret

Nearest frequency peer: Tiaret (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “tobi”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “tobi” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tobi
PropertyValue
Headwordtobi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\to.bi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#74,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “tobi” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tobise place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Tiaret » (#74,429), « tortueuse » (#74,431), « thermomix » (#74,428). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tobi is uncommon French at frequency #74,430 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \to.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue chuuk parlée à Tobi aux Palaos.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tobi, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 tobi, spelled T-O-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue chuuk parlée à Tobi aux Palaos.

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 "tobi"?
"tobi" is spelled T-O-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is \to.bi\.
What does "tobi" mean?
As a noun, "tobi" means: Langue chuuk parlée à Tobi aux Palaos.
How do you pronounce "tobi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tobi" is \to.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tobi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list