zob

\zɔb\

/\zɔb\/ noun

The verdict

“zob” is uncommon French (frequency #50,023 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,023
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pénis, sexe masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zob · zob · French

zob · rank #50,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,023
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zapata

Nearest frequency peer: Zapata (-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 « zob »

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 « zob » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zob
PropertyValue
Headwordzob
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zɔb\
Letters3
Frequency rank#50,023
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « zob » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).zobtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Zapata » (#50,022), « Yolanda » (#50,021), « écossaises » (#50,025). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zob » est au #50,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zob is uncommon French at frequency #50,023 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɔb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pénis, sexe masculin.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zob, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is zob, spelled Z-O-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pénis, sexe masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Monsieur l’curé dit au vicaire Sortons observer l’couchant Sortons ob– papa Sortons ob– maman Sortons observer l’couchant.
  2. Elles aiment le gros zob noir à Didon.

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 "zob"?
"zob" is spelled Z-O-B. The IPA pronunciation is \zɔb\.
What does "zob" mean?
As a noun, "zob" means: Pénis, sexe masculin.
How do you pronounce "zob"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zob" is \zɔb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zob" come from?
"zob" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list