Which to use
“François” is a name and “obsession” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,052
- “François” frequency rank
- #38,319
- “obsession” frequency rank
- 49371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | François | obsession |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | die Besessenheit |
Letter map: François vs obsession
Shared letters muted; letters that set François and obsession apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. François runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against obsession's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for François / obsession
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: François is aname and obsessionanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
François is recorded at frequency rank #11,052, classified as aname, pronounced […]. obsession is at rank #38,319, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49371, this pair ranks #1,213,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of François vs obsession
Shared letters: inos. Private to "François": afrç. Private to "obsession": be.
"François" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "obsession" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- obsession ← bosession · obbsession · obesssion · obsesion · obsesison · obsessino · obsessionn · obsessoin
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "François" for "obsession" ever safe?
Frequency check: "François" vs "obsession" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "François" vs "obsession" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "François" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obsession" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,213,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "François" and "obsession" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obsession vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,213,982 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.