Domain check
This usually takes about 2 seconds. RDAP catches the case where a domain is registered but currently has no nameservers (expired-redemption, parked, just-registered).
Every phonic in the name carries weight. Here's what each segment does — read left to right.
volcanic glass
Concrete-mineral name. Multi-syllable but distinctive. Stone-class brands have stuck-ness (Granite, Quartz).
e.g. Obsidian (note app) · Obsidian Entertainment
Latin root
truth, certainty, trustworthiness
Builds a trust signal at the start of the name. V is the most vibrant single letter — Placek's research repeatedly puts V at the top of energy scoring. Reading 'ver' primes 'true' before the rest of the name even completes.
e.g. Verily · Verisign · Vercel · Veritas · Veracity
Latin root
Generative, grounded, growth
G has weight without aggression. Google's double-G is famously childish-fun and warm. Glossier slips on the G; Granola buries it. Pairs well with -oo for bouba roundness.
e.g. Google · Glossier · Granola · GitHub · Genesis
Pairs obsidianverg with classical suffixes (-ex, -ius, -ium, -on), morphemes from the bank (ver-, lex-, pro-), and vowel mutations — then bloom-checks every candidate against the live .com zone file. Up to 400 candidates per click; only the available ones land here.
The Firmevo analysis: first-letter feeling, morpheme breakdown, and which brand archetypes the sound profile suits. Click any link to explore that direction further.
First-letter feeling
O-onset: Round, bouba, full
O is the bouba/kiki experiment's round letter — across every language tested, a round shape gets associated with O-sound. Cross-cultural roundness. Best for friendly, premium, container/orb brands.
Examples: Sonos · Roku · Volvo · Otto · Onfido · Octopus
Morpheme breakdown — 2 roots detected in obsidianverg
obsidian · Latin · volcanic glass
from Obsidius, Roman who discovered the stone in Ethiopia
Used by: Obsidian (note app) · Obsidian Entertainment
verg · Latin · edge, verge, bending toward
from vergere, 'to bend toward, slope'
Used by: Verge · The Verge
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How we check. Step 1 (client-side): POST /api/check
with obsidianverg.com. The function hashes the SLD against our bloom
filter (built daily from the .com zone). Step 2 (only if step 1 said
"not in zone"): GET /api/rdap?domain=obsidianverg.com which HEADs
VeriSign's RDAP endpoint to confirm whether the domain is held at the
registry without active nameservers. Neither step logs your query.
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